Flow 6 Features - Patton & Patton Software - Flow Chart & Diagram software

-- Flow Charting 6 Features --
Flow Charting 6 has been redesigned and includes new features not found in our earlier versions of Flow Charting (3, 4, PDQ, PDQ Lite, and 5). Flow Charting 6 is specifically designed to be compatible with Windows 2000 and XP.

	Command Toolbar with Double Power Set two custom defaults for shapes, lines, and text and yet have a footprint small enough to float the toolbar while you work. This Toolbar is newly developed and includes a new feature that lets you LEFT click or RIGHT click on the same icon. Left click the Shape Insert Tool icon to set Shape 1 to be a process shape and RIGHT click the same icon to set Shape 2 as a decision, then LEFT click the icon for Shape1 or RIGHT click it to insert Shape2's default shape automatically! Set Line 1 to be a diagonal line with arrowheads and Line 2 to be a squared line without arrowheads. Text A can be Arial 14 point bold and Text B Verdana 10 point red. Use Quick Insert to place shapes, lines, and text faster than ever.

Tabbed Manager Toolbars When an object is selected (such as a shape that includes text) the manager tray displays either the Text Manager or the Shape Manager toolbar depending on "last used" mode. if you see the Shape Manager but wanted the Text Manager - simply click on the proper tab (in this example, click on the tab labeled "Text"). Tabs are not lit for object types not in the selection zone.

Backwards Compatibility for File Sharing If you are the first to upgrade to Flow Charting 6 - you can now save new charts as either Flow5 or FlowPDQ charts. This feature takes away a serious contention of office upgrading.

Small Movement of Selected Objects Selected objects (objects are "selected" if they show handles) can now be moved with the arrow keys. Movement is based on the chart grid setting. With Coarse grid the increments of 1/8" (5 mm) and with Fine grid the movements are 1/16" (1 mm). You can move in increments of 1 pixel by holding down the [shift] + [ctrl] key while moving.	Text Jump Insert Keys Brand new technology for moving between shapes while inserting text. Our programmers have grabbed the old letter key arrow pads that were standards on the first Apple computers - the i, j, k and m keys for the directions Up, left, Right and Down. Now if you have just finished typing text in your first shape - click the keyboard command [ctrl] [k] and the cursor (still in text insert mode) will jump to the next text object (or shape) to the RIGHT - and you just continue typing into the second shape.

Alignment Toolbar Make your charts perfect for presentations! Align objects vertically and horizontally. Equally space objects and make them the same width, height, or both.
ASV - AutoSave This is an automatice feature of Flow Charting 6. The program will save a temporary file on your hard disk after each command sequence. If you system breaks down during a session and before the editing or creation that you have done is saved - this helps protect against loss of valuable data.

2 New Commands for Arrange Bar Center to Page (vertical, horizontal) commands have been added to put a professional touch to your charting.

Improved Chart Layout Features The 10 page x 10 page standard canvas layout has new abilities. You can still select a canvas layout (up to 10 x 10) or now you can select Page Streaming to the LEFT or Page Streaming DOWN. This allows you to display the pages in a "stream" for better planning.

QuickInsert Command On the Command toolbar, click the QuickInsert button to "on" and the insert commands are locked on until you change modes or press the escape key ([escape] key is the right mouse button). Any Object insert command is now set to a constant ON status. In normal operations, inserting two Shapes would entail clicking on the command Shape1 to insert the first shape and then double clicking the mouse to reenter shape insert mode - and finally clicking on the chart to insert the second shape. Using QuickInsert mode - the program stays in the mode. Click on Shape1 and every time you click on the chart - you insert a new shape (or line, or text).

ASV - AutoSave This is an automatic feature of Flow Charting 6. The program will save a temporary file on your hard disk after each command sequence. If you system breaks down during a session and before the editing or creation that you have done is saved - this helps protect against loss of valuable data.

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