When working in business there’s going to come a point where you’re probably going to need to put together some kind of flow chart. Flow charts are used for a few different reasons, the most common of which is probably documenting some type of business process.
The other common use of a flow chart in business is for putting together an organizational chart for an organization. Listing employees and lines of reporting between individuals can be a helpful little guide.
The challenge is that not everyone may have a program like Microsoft Visio in your office that you can use to put together a flow chart. It is highly likely that you and just about everyone else in your office will have Microsoft Excel though.
The 3rd party application, "FlowBreeze" from BreezeTree Software gives you the ability to build flowcharts within and share them with Microsoft Excel.
FlowBreeze is a Microsoft® Excel® add-in that automates the flowcharting process by converting your text into flowcharts. FlowBreeze lets you create flowcharts by just typing. You simply type in each flowchart step, and press <Enter>. The text is replaced by a flow chart symbol. Formatting is applied, symbols are aligned, and a connector is added automatically.
The FlowBreeze software works with versions of Excel going back to Office 2000 running on Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 2000. You can download a 30-day trial version of the software to give it a try. All the features are available in the trial. After that you can either purchase the basic version of the software for $39.95 or the standard version for $59.95.