Video: Organize flowchart shapes in swimlanes

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Organize flowchart information into functional divisions with swimlanes.

Add swimlanes to a flowchart

1. From the CROSS-FUNCTIONAL FLOWCHART shapes stencil, select More Shapes > Flowchart.

2. Drag a Swimlane shape onto the drawing page.

   Drag another swimlane shape near the first one, releasing it when you see the connection indicator.

   

Change the title of a swimlane

• Double-click the swimlane label and type a new one in.

Change the size or position of a swimlane

• To change the width of a swimlane, drag a separator line.

• To change the length of a swimlane, drag the end line.

• To move a swimlane and the shapes it contains, select the label and drag the swimlane to another location, and then release it when you see the connection indicator.

• To delete a swimlane, select it and press Delete.

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Add swimlanes to a flowchart