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1.4   How to draw a flowchart

Add a box: Move your mouse to the position where you want to place the box Click the right mouse button Select New-Box from the popup menu, then select the kind of box you want Fill in the box properties dialog, then press OK

Move a box: Move the mouse over the box name Click the left mouse button, and hold the button down Drag the box to a new position

Edit a box's properties: Move the mouse over the box name Double click the left mouse button

Add a line: (join a condition to a box) Move the mouse over the condition that you want to join from Click the left mouse button, and hold it down Drag a line to the name of the box that you want to join to Release the mouse

Remove a line: Move the mouse over the condition that the line joins from Click the left mouse button, and hold it down Drag the mouse to a blank area of the window Release the mouse

Controlling layout:

• With the current version of SQLphone Designer, you cannot manually position lines
• Lines get positioned automatically, according to the relative position of boxes. This can sometimes make your flowchart look untidy
• By carefully positioning your boxes, you can avoid having crossed lines, leading to a tidy flowchart drawing

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