Draw and edit flow charts. Create flow charts automatically, then edit them. Add shapes, draw links, edit text, layout shapes, draw charts from scratch. Visustin Editor features full editing of flow charts and UML Activity Diagrams.
Note: It is not necessary to press the button.
To save your flow chart, choose Save in the File menu or press 
.
Save for editing later. To save the flow chart for opening it again in Editor, save in either of 2 file formats:
Save as an image. In addition to saving as an editable flow chart, you can also save in standard image formats such as BMP and GIF. The images will be final. You cannot load these images back to Editor.
Save as an optimized image (low-color mode). The Save optimized as command in the File menu produces smaller low-color image files. Especially designed for large charts in the Full color mode, optimization limits the number of colors to 16. This saves memory and disk space. The drawback is that color slides are lost, as well as any colors beyond those 16. Note: The optimization ratio varies by file format. The largest savings are with uncompressed formats such as BMP. Optimization only affects bitmaps. It has no effect on vector format files such as FLW, EMF or WMF. Optimization makes no difference if the chart is monochrome or has a maximum of 16 colors.
Saving tip. You may get considerably large image files in the color mode called Full color. This is especially true for BMP files. Saving the image might fail due to out of memory. Use another color mode or the Save optimized as command to overcome this. The same trick also helps if color slides should display erroneously (Windows 98/ME).
See also: Save file formats
To print, choose Print preview in the File menu or press 
. This will print the entire flow chart area. To print a smaller area, first select the shapes you wish to print. Then choose Print preview (selected only) in the File menu.
To make more shapes fit onto a sheet, use the Scale and Paginate commands in the Edit menu. The Scale command decreases the entire chart into a smaller area. The Paginate command moves selected shapes off page boundaries.
| Menu command | Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Edit|Undo | Ctrl+Z | Undo previous action(s). |
| Edit|Redo | Ctrl+Y | Reverse previous Undo(s). |
| Edit|Select all | Ctrl+A | Select all shapes and links. |
| Edit|Select connected | Alt+Mouse click | Select all connected shapes and links, such as one function in a big chart. |
| Edit|Reverse selection | Select the unselected, unselect the selected. | |
| Edit|Straight links | S | Make selected links from curved to straight lines. |
| Edit|Round links | R | Make selected links from cornered to rounded. No effect on straight links. |
| Edit|Paginate | G | Move selected shapes off from page borders. Useful before printing. |
| Edit|Scale | Decrease the chart to fit more shapes on a printed page. Scale affects Save and Print. | |
| Edit|Find | Ctrl+F | Search for text. |
| Edit|Find again | F3 | Search for the same text again. |
| Insert|Shape | Right-click an empty area | Add a new shape to the chart. The actual shape and color depends on the current settings in the Options menu of the main window. To connect a new shape to an existing shape, select the existing shape first, then insert. To add a shape in the middle of a link, select the link first, then insert. |
| Right-click a shape or a link to bring up a popup menu. You can also press the Application key or Shift+F10 on the keyboard. | ||
| Popup menu | Shortcut | Action |
| Edit text | F2; Mouse double-click | Edit the text of a shape or a link. |
| Color | C | Change the color of the selected shapes and/or links. |
| Font | F | Change the font of the selected shapes and/or links. As an alternative shortcut, press Ctrl+< to decrease the font and Ctrl+> to increase it. |
| Properties | Alt+Enter | Advanced. Edit all available properties of a shape or a link. |
| Insert | Add a new shape connected to the currently selected shape, or in the middle of a link. The actual shape and color depends on the current settings in the Options menu of the main window. | |