Corel iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 User Manual

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Contents

What is iGrafx FlowCharter 2003? 4

What’s in the Box? 5

What’s New in iGrafx FlowCharter 2003? 6

reviewer’s guide

Main Application ................................5

Documentation .................................5

Minimum System Requirements ........................5

Key Features of iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 10

The standard for ease of use .........................10

Build enterprise models ............................11

Extend and customize .............................13

iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 sample diagrams 14

Corel Corporate Profile 17

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What is iGrafx® FlowCharter™ 2003?

iGrafx® FlowCharter™ 2003 is a business diagraming tool that makes it easy for
organizations of all sizes to visualize, document, and communicate the way their business
operates. The essential tool for ISO 9000 compliance, iGrafx FlowCharter lets you easily
create flowcharts, organization charts, process diagrams, and structured business diagrams
that visualize today’s fast changing business environment. Continuing the tradition of
diagramming excellence started by ABC FlowCharter®, iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 is the
foundation for any process improvement effort.

iGrafx FlowCharter can quickly help your organization create information-rich content
that communicates workflow and other organizational information. Novice iGrafx
FlowCharter users can take advantage of ready-to-use templates to easily create flowcharts,
control charts, comparison charts, organization charts, cascade diagrams, cause-&-effect
diagrams, hierarchical models, process maps, and timelines. In addition, intuitive drawing
features such as intelligent swimlanes, smart line routing, and advanced document
management tools can help you document even the most complex process, organizational
structure, or system in minimal time.

reviewer’s guide

Diagrams created with iGrafx FlowCharter give you a simple, easy to understand way to
visualize the different workflows throughout your organization. You can quickly identify
problems and suggest improvements to ensure that your organization operates at peak
performance levels. iGrafx FlowCharter delivers the tools your organization needs to
visualize and communicate workflow information specific to your business.

To increase efficiency and facilitate teamwork, iGrafx FlowCharter easily integrates with
iGrafx® Process Central™ 2003 ¾ a repository that provides a central document storage
location. iGrafx Process Central also provides access control, approval tracking, audit trail,
version control, query, and link management features.

In addition, process maps created with iGrafx FlowCharter are upwardly compatible with
iGrafx® Process™ 2003 and iGrafx® Process™ 2003 for Six Sigma. These applications serve
as major extensions of iGrafx FlowCharter and include functionality that enables you to
conduct real-world simulations on your process models to maximize the value and impact
of your process improvement efforts.

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What’s in the Box?

Main Application

iGrafx FlowCharter 2003: iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 is a business diagraming tool that
makes it easy to create intelligent business process maps, structured diagrams, and visual
models for enterprise process management.

Documentation

User guide: iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 includes comprehensive documentation that focuses
on tasks rather than features to help you learn and use the application efficiently.

reviewer’s guide

Help: iGrafx FlowCharter 2003 features context-sensitive help where you can find answers
to common questions and step-by-step procedural information about using iGrafx
FlowCharter.

Tutorials: Tutorials for creating basic diagrams, process maps and organization charts are
available in the product Help. iGrafx FlowCharter has always been easy to learn. With the
built-in tutorials, now it’s even easier to get up to speed quickly.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows

• Pentium

• 64 MB RAM

• 100 MB or greater hard disk space

• CD drive

• Microsoft

• Mouse

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XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows NT® 4.0, or Windows 98

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II, 200 MHz or greater

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Internet Explorer 4.01 SP2

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