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Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful - you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw PRO. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.
How to Build a Flowchart
How to Build a Flowchart

Process Flowchart

The main reason of using Process Flowchart or PFD is to show relations between major parts of the system. Process Flowcharts are used in process engineering and chemical industry where there is a requirement of depicting relationships between major components only and not include minor parts. Process Flowcharts for single unit or multiple units differ in their structure and implementation. ConceptDraw PRO is Professional business process mapping software for making Process flowcharts, Process flow diagram, Workflow diagram, flowcharts and technical illustrations for business documents and also comprehensive visio for mac application. Easier define and document basic work and data flows, financial, production and quality management processes to increase efficiency of your business with ConcepDraw PRO. Business process mapping software with Flowchart Maker ConceptDraw PRO includes extensive drawing tools, rich examples and templates, process flowchart symbols and shape libraries, smart connectors that allow you create the flowcharts of complex processes, process flow diagrams, procedures and information exchange. Process Flowchart Solution is project management workflow tools which is part ConceptDraw Project marketing project management software. Drawing charts, diagrams, and network layouts has long been the monopoly of Microsoft Visio, making Mac users to struggle when needing such visio alternative like visio for mac, it requires only to view features, make a minor edit to, or print a diagram or chart. Thankfully to MS Visio alternative like ConceptDraw PRO software, this is cross-platform charting and business process management tool, now visio alternative for making sort of visio diagram is not a problem anymore however many people still name it business process visio tools.
How To Create a Process Flow Chart (business process modelling techniques)
How To Create a Process Flow Chart (business process modelling techniques)

How to do presentation of Mind Maps via Skype conference call?

ConceptDraw MINDMAP is powerful and multifunctional mind mapping software with wide variety of relevant features, which make it comfortable for brainstorming, generating ideas, creating beautiful and professional-looking Mind Maps. ConceptDraw MINDMAP provides wide importing and exporting capabilities to variety of formats, among them MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel, FreeMind, XMind, MindJet Mindmanager, HTML, PDF, graphical formats. An innovative Skype conference call feature deserves the special attention of users, it is useful for teams, it lets to hold the presentations of Mind Maps via Skype and to collaborate in active Skype call. But how to do the presentation of Mind Map via Skype conference call by means of ConceptDraw MINDMAP software? Simply make the Skype conference call, share the presentation via Skype for active call participants using the Remote Presentation for Skype solution, keep the presentation file synchronized between all participants of Skype call. ConceptDraw MINDMAP lets also edit a Mind Map and to do slide show again with no interruption a call.

Flow chart Example. Warehouse Flowchart

Warehouse Flowcharts are various diagrams that describe the warehousing and inventory management processes on the warehouses. Typical purposes of Warehouse Flowcharts are evaluating warehouse performance, measuring efficiency of customer service and organizational performance. This type of Workflow diagrams can be used for identifying any disconnection between business activities and business objectives. They are effectively used by warehouse-related people and organizations, manufacturers, wholesalers, exporters, importers, transporters, and others. Standard Warehousing process flow diagram and standard Workflow diagram are used for process identification for further evaluating effectiveness and profitability of overall business process. Use the ConceptDraw PRO vector graphic software extended with Flowcharts solution to design your own professional-looking Workflow diagrams and Flowcharts of any types, including the Warehouse flowchart, Process flow diagrams which depict in details all steps of Warehouse packages flow. Microsoft Visio, designed for Windows users, can’t be opened directly on Mac. But fortunately, there are several Visio alternatives for Mac which will help Mac users to work Visio files. With ConceptDraw PRO, you may open, edit and save files in Visio format.
ConceptDraw Arrows10 Technology
ConceptDraw Arrows10 Technology
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How to Convert a Mind Map into MS Word Document

Mind maps are often used for structuring ideas, planning and organizing of various documents. ConceptDraw MINDMAP allows you transfer a mind map to MS Word format using its export facilities. You can convert a mind map to a MS Word outline using the set of standard templates, or even your custom template. Thus, your mind map will be transformed into the proper document format. Using a custom MS Word template allows you apply your individual style to each document, being exported from ConceptDraw MINDMAP. You can use a mind mapping to capture ideas and structure information. Then making a quick conversion to MS Word and you finally obtain a clean and stylish document.
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How to Add a Block Diagram to a MS Word ™ Document Using ConceptDraw PRO

Block diagram consists from graphic blocks. Blocks are connected by lines or arrows. Block diagrams are used to show the relationship between parts of some systems. It can be used for the development of new systems or to improve existing ones. The structure of block diagram gives a high-level overview of the major components of the system, as well as the important relationships. Using the block diagrams, you can more effectively present the business data contained in your MS Word documents. ConceptDraw PRO allows you to easily create block diagrams and then insert them into a MS Word document.
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How to Input Data from MS Excel Into a Mind Map

Many people apply Excel documents to store data in the form of hierarchical lists. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP you can easily turn the linear structure of an Excel table in a radial structure of mind map ConceptDraw MINDMAP will create a mind map file (CDMZ) from your Excel (XLS) file. If you keep your information in the Microsoft Excel files, you can import them into ConceptDraw MINDMAP, converting the columns and rows to a hierarchical structured mind map. If you have multiple individual sheets in your Excel workbook, ConceptDraw MINDMAP will turn them into a single multi-page mind map. ConceptDraw MINDMAP lets you import an entire Microsoft® Excel file as well as insert data from the selected cells.

Online Marketing Objectives

Promotion and sale of goods or services, as well as the conquest of free niche on the market in a given category include numerous methods directed on the advertising the products and attraction attention of potential buyers. Among them are traditional methods of struggle for the buyer, as well as internet marketing or online marketing, that is a complex of measures aimed at attraction of clients using the online technologies. The main tool of online marketing is a website of the company. The proper preparation and promotion of website ensure to the owner the opportunity to successfully compete with manufacturers of similar products, ensuring the high sales. Today each manufacturer, regardless of the size and direction of activities, creates a website, online store, blog, pages in social networks that give the visitors full information about the company, its products and services. Given the fact that a potential buyer spends a lot of time at the Internet, such strategy is justified and the practice shows a high efficiency of online marketing. ConceptDraw MINDMAP helps to illustrate a value of outline marketing on a Mind Map, to represent the online marketing objectives for a company and to specify the targets outlined for each of these objectives.

Looking at ConceptDraw MINDMAP as a Replacement for Mindjet Mindmanager

The comparing of ConceptDraw MINDMAP to Mindjet Mindmanager allows to identify a lot of benefits. At first, the ConceptDraw MINDMAP has a lower price, the flexible licensing, the license is per-named-user, no charge for major product upgrades and no charge for support. ConceptDraw MINDMAP is effective for launching the stalled projects to new heights, it possess the excellent possibility of importing and exporting to other mind mapping program file formats. ConceptDraw MINDMAP easily integrates with wide set of programs, among them Evernote, Skype, Twitter, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Mindjet Mindmanager, ConceptDraw PROJECT, ConceptDraw PRO, with solutions from ConceptDraw Solution Park. Now you have a freedom to choose the best format for each your document, it is incredibly easy to make the Skype presentation, to take and share critical information, to send your Mind Map to Evernote, to import / export MS Word documents, MS PowerPoint presentations, the project data, open and save Mindmanager files, to map out the long-term Twitter messages and publish them to your Twitter account directly from a Mind Map.
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How to Add a Fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram to a MS Word Document

The ability to create a fishbone (Ishikawa) Diagram is supported by the ConceptDraw Fishbone Diagram solution. ConceptDraw PRO allows you to easily create a fishbone diagrams and then insert them into a MS Word document.

How To Send Presentation via Skype (Mac OS X)

New way to present documents via Skype conference call on Mac. All participants receive files. Presentation can be created automatically from plenty document formats.

Decision Making Software For Small Business

A software tool that saves your time on making decisions now has the ability to make decisions with remote team via Skype.

In searching of alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC with ConceptDraw PRO

Undoubtedly MS Visio is a powerful and multifunctional tool, but however at times occur the instances, when it turns unable of meeting certain users' requirements. At this cases you may need to use an alternative program software, preferably it will be simple, convenient, and at the same time powerful and professional. In searching the alternative to MS Visio for MAC and PC we recommend you to pay attention for ConceptDraw PRO software, which was developed to satisfy all your drawing needs and requirements. It is a fully-functioned alternative product to MS Visio for both platforms. ConceptDraw PRO software has many advantages, the main among them are the cross-platform compatibility, a reasonable price, widespread ConceptDraw Solution Park with huge variety of different solutions that offer numerous libraries of specialized vector objects, useful examples, samples, and quick-start templates, extensive import / export capabilities, built-in script language, MS Visio support and certainly free technical support.
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How to Make a Basketball Court Diagram

Basketball Court diagrams is often used as a teaching and learning tool for coaches, players and parents to describe the basketball moves and shooting drills. The ability to create Basketball diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO is contained in the Basketball solution. It provides a set of special tools for creating different Basketball diagrams. Basketball court diagram is used to describe basketball moves and shooting drills during the discussion of the match, as well as to develop a winning defense and attack strategy as a clear visual plans for future games.