1 You can run your flowchart by clicking the Run FlowChart command on the Tools menu.
2 You can draw new shapes by using the ten drawing tools on the toolbox. Rectangles, Ellipses, Polygons, and Bezier Curves are among the powerful tools available.
3 FlowCharter 7 allows you to rotate shapes and text at any angle.
4 You can change the borders of your shapes by using the Reshape tool.
5 You can fill your shapes with a color gradient to create eye-catching charts.
6 You can change the connect points of your shape directly on the page with the Edit tool's Connect Points tool.
7 You can change the text area of your shape directly on the page with the Edit tool's Text Layout tool.
8 You can apply 16 different types of shadows to shapes in your chart.
9 You can apply 3D effects to shapes to create great-looking block and pyramid charts.
10 CoolSheets give you a simple way to create structured graphics charts that would otherwise be difficult to create. Pyramid, Circle-Spoke, and Block Chart are among the many CoolSheets available. Try them!
11 You can easily change the Chart Name, Date and Time, or Page number; to do so, double-click one and edit the Chart Properties.
12 You can link a shape to another chart anywhere in the world over the internet. In the Link dialog box, select Internet and type the URL of the chart.
13 If you play the radio in your car loud enough, no one can see you.
14 You can change the data displayed by a shape directly by clicking on it twice.
15 You can go directly to the Micrografx home page using the Help menu.
16 You can import data into your chart from a database. On the Tools menu, click Import Data. The Import wizard will help you through the task.
17 You can import your Micrografx SnapGraphics files into FlowCharter 7.
18 You can add a guideline to the chart by clicking in the ruler and dragging one into the chart.
19 You can edit the text of your shape by pressing the F2 key.
20 Right Angle connector lines automatically route around shapes.
21 Dragging a new shape onto a line in the chart will split the line in two and insert the shape between them.
22 You can create new shapes out of old ones by using the Make New Shape command in the Arrange menu.
23 The worksheet view gives you a familiar interface for editing and adding data to the shapes and lines in your chart.
24 The F6 key brings up the QuickZoom window
25 The QuickZoom window (F6) allows you to easily navigate in a large chart.
26 You can customize your shape's behavior using the Shape Action Wizard.
27 You can find out how many objects (shapes and lines) an entity encounters when you run your flowchart. To do so, set up a Data Field and use the Object Count accumulation method. The count shows up in the entity's data field.
28 The sample files show many exciting ways to use the new features of FlowCharter 7.
29 Pressing the F3 key will set the zoom level to 100%.
30 Undo and Redo can be your best friends.
31 If you want to place a shape over a CoolSheet but not snap to it, place the shape on another layer.
32 To add a background, click Arrange, point to Layers, and click Add Layer.
33 Pressing the control key while moving a shape will duplicate the shape.
34 A dirty monitor can make you feel like screaming, "I'm going blind!"
35 In the Pyramid CoolSheet, shapes can stretch to span multiple levels.
36 You can turn off the Finished button by clicking Options on the Tools menu. Click the General tab and clear the Display Finished Button checkbox.
37 You can change the direction of lines by selecting the lines and clicking Reverse Ends on the Arrange menu.
38 The Living FlowCharts palette has some cool pre-built shapes.
39 Fit To Text (F8) resizes the selected shapes to fit the text they contain.
