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With reference to the posting on creating flow diagrams, no one has
mentioned Micrographix's Charter (used to be ABC FlowCharter)
program. I use this exclusively in generating flow diagrams and
process maps supporting our ISO 9000-compliant quality system and
have not had any major problems. The latest version, 7.0, allows you
to save the file in a number of formats such as .tif, .jpg, .bmp, so
you don't have too much probelm copying or embedding them in your
Word documents. Give it a looksee, it might be the answer to your
problems. Their website is http://www.micrografx.com/enterprise/graphicssuite/flowcharter/
Ralph E. Robinson
R2 Innovations, Specialists in ISO 9000 Documentation
Publisher of "Documenting ISO 9000: Guidelines for
Compliant Documentation", an APEX '98 Award of Excellence
winner.
Visit our website at www.myna.com/~r2innovn/main.htm for
information on implementation and documentation of the
ISO 9000 quality standard.
email: r2innovations -at- myna -dot- com
