Ask HN: Flow chart tool for MS Office
Does anyone know of a simple FOSS tool to produce flow charts that are suitable for embedding in Microsoft Word and Excel documents? MS word smart art always seems like a real faff. Being from a finance background I sometimes turn to excel, but that leaves you with manually having to align the arrows. What solutions have other people found. I don't need strict UML/BPM or anything (although that wouldn't hurt to be in line with it), I am just trying to document short processes quickly and in a more professional looking way.
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https://www.draw.io/ is a free online visio replacement
http://dia-installer.de/ visio clone on win/mac/linux
http://staruml.io/ UML modeller on win/mac/linux
https://www.calligra.org/flow/ Linux KDE flowcharting tool with win/mac installers
http://thinkcomposer.com/ Mindmaps, flowcharts etc. on Win only
https://modeling-languages.com/web-based-modeling-tools-uml-... reviews UML tools
http://dia-installer.de/ visio clone on win/mac/linux
http://staruml.io/ UML modeller on win/mac/linux
https://www.calligra.org/flow/ Linux KDE flowcharting tool with win/mac installers
http://thinkcomposer.com/ Mindmaps, flowcharts etc. on Win only
https://modeling-languages.com/web-based-modeling-tools-uml-... reviews UML tools
Do work have PowerPoint? Insert Shape Flowchart works OK. You can add line connectors and align shapes and so forth.
I do actually, that is a good call
Visio?
Work wont buy me Visio or 365. Is it any good?
No idea, never used it, but it seems like an obvious choice to use with Office. An employer that won't buy you the software you need to do your job seems ridiculous though.
It is totally normal at my company. 'Can't you just do it in Excel'. They have shown an alarming tendency to be totally willing to waste my time.