Edraw is intended to aid the designer with creating large and complex flowcharts. If you're creating a complex flowchart, you need the unlimited drawing space, flexible link technology and effective diagram tools that Edraw provides.

Auto Extend Page

In Edraw, if a flowchart extends beyond the boundaries of the size page, the page will extend horizontally or vertically. Of course, you can also change the drawing page size and the orientation so the page contains more flowchart symbols.

Multiple Page Support

You can create multiple flowcharts in the different page. But all flowcharts are in a same document. Right click the page label then click the Add Page... item in the pop up menu.

Smart Connection Line

Edraw makes it easy to connect the flowchart shapes by using smart connectors. If you rearrange the connected shapes, the connectors stay attached to the shapes and reroute, so you don't waste time redrawing lines.

Click on the "Connector Tool" located at the top left of the toolbar. Several blue "x" are scattered around the symbol while the connection line is near with the symbol. These are connection points. Click on the connection point of a symbol. A small line appears. Drag the line to the connection point of another symbol. The connector is now created joining these two flowchart symbols together.

Link Flowchart Shapes

If the flowchart gets too complex, you can extend it on several pages. For example, you can link from a terminator box that represents another procedure to that procedure, or from a document shape to the actual document file.

While dragging the off-page reference shape to the drawing pane, a hyperlink setting dialog will pop up. You can choose the page, shape, or document you want to link to.

Define Flowchart Data

Edraw offers more than flowcharting. it's also a way to manage process information. Using custom properties, each shape can store information about the flowchart process. For example, a process shape can store the cost, duration and price. Select a shape then press 'F4' to open the custom properties dialog.

Managing your flowchart information is as simple as entering your data into the custom properties.

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