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Create flowcharts quickly and easily

I’m a retired consultant who occasionally helps a few local businesses chart long-term business plans. I like creating flowcharts and one of my favourite free programs is Diagram Designer. To install it, go to www.snipca.com/25518, click the installer link at the top, then run the downloaded setup file.

You’ll see a blank canvas with different flowchart elements – including tiles and pointer icons of different shapes – on the right (see screenshot). Click and drag the element you want anywhere on your canvas. You can then click and drag its borders to resize it and double-click anywhere inside a tile to type whatever you want.

At the top of the page, you’ll see more shapes that you can click and drag to add to your canvas. To the right of these shapes are colours that you can add to any elements in your canvas. You can undo and redo changes using the curved arrow icons on the top or by pressing Ctrl+z and Ctrl+y. After creating your flowchart, click File at the top left where you’ll see options to print the file or save it to your PC.