What to use for fictitious family trees

**Mouzafphaerre** · 11-24-2007, 08:48

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Thanks Omanes.

Word's flowchart is nigh useless due to the resizing problems. It won't enlarge the chart automatically and text eventually becomes hidden.

How do I do it in Open Office Draw? I've been using that program for years in order to produce presentable music scores from my favourite program's EMF output but couldn't find the flowchart function.
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**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 11-24-2007, 15:17

In OpenOffice Draw 2.3, the button can be found on the lower bar - the one with all the wide variety of shapes in it. By default its the thirteenth button from the left side of the bar. The connectors, which are activated using the eight button from the left, can be used to join the boxes together.

Sadly though, this feature is exactly the same as Word 2003's, and doesn't seem to auto resize from my experiences. Unfortunately Office 2007's "smart art" function is the only system which is does exactly what you want it to do. The only problem is its painfully hefty price tag.