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- Download a Free Trial of SmartDraw: Learn why SmartDraw is the ideal alternative to Visio
- SmartDraw's fundamentally different approach makes it the superior choice for the vast majority of users. SmartDraw is: Automatic—drawing for you, ensuring a professional result every time. Comprehensive—includes hundreds of templates and examples for every type of visual, including flowcharts, timelines, org charts, mind...
- Tags: Microsoft Visio, SmartDraw.com, SmartDraw, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Office Suites, Software
- Download resources 2009-10-21
- Canadian Fire Safety Officer Puts SmartDraw and MobileEyes Responder to the Test
- Since 1997, Rick Percival has been the fire prevention-safety officer for Environmental Health and Safety at Carleton University, One of Ottawa's largest post secondary educational institutions and the "Home away from home" to more than 25,000 students, faculty, staff and visitors. They needed a faster, more accurate and efficient way...
- Tags: Officer, SmartDraw.com
- Case studies 2009-05-06
- VisualScript XML 3.0 (Windows)
- VisualScript XML is the first visual scripting tool for XML. Visual scripting allows you to program XML statements into graphical symbols, then simply "drag and drop" the symbols to sketch the flow of a business process. Then the software translates that sketch into an XML script! VisualScript is a "must...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SmartDraw.com, VisualScript XML, VisualScript, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Software downloads 2006-07-28
- SmartDraw in Business Process Management: Ringing SmartDraw for Customer Service Call Diagrams
- California-based OutsourceIT develops solutions to improve process management and workflow. The company specializes in Interactive Voice Response IVR systems, which allow live callers to interact with a database of set options and prompts. They were looking for a flowchart program to help them create a diagram of IVR call flows....
- Tags: Business Process, Customer Service, BPM, IVR, SmartDraw.com, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Software
- Case studies
- SmartDraw in Video Game Design: Creating UML Diagrams in Video Game Development
- Dave Wagner is Engine & Tools Director for Sammy Studios, Inc., an interactive entertainment company that creates and distributes video games. Many of the company's programmers were using a popular diagramming tool to create UML diagrams for video game development. They were actually preparing to standardize with one of SmartDraw's...
- Tags: Video Game, SmartDraw.com, Video, Dave Wagner, Games, UML, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing
- Case studies
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- Owner of Online Business Directory Creates Sales & Marketing Materials With SmartDraw
- Tamie Albrecht is director/ business development manager for D-pages.com, an online business directory serving organizations in the United Arab Emirates. She was looking for an easy way to create sales and marketing materials, as well as business forms, proposals, comparison charts, and exhibit plans. Tamie was familiar with programs like...
- Tags: Business Development, SmartDraw, Tamie Albrecht, Strategic Planning, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Marketing Research, Management, Sales, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-04-22
- SmartDraw Boots Visio From the Software Designer's Toolbox
- Ted Grzesik, a software engineer for i2 Technologies, Inc., is responsible for architecting, designing, and implementing webhosted applications. Grzesik was looking for an easy way to draw software diagrams and deployment drawings that illustrated hardware, network, and software resources. Grzesik had tried Microsoft's Visio in the past, but to no...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Visio, SmartDraw, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-03
- SmartDraw's Floor Plans Spark Fast Fire Investigations
- Pulling double duty as a volunteer firefighter and a fire investigator for a district of 40,000 residents is no easy task. To handle high-volume fire investigations, Keller needed a fast way to create floor plans for his reports. Keller searched the Web for floor plan software, and found SmartDraw.com. Keller...
- Tags: Plan, SmartDraw, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Navy Doctor Hails SmartDraw as the Best Graphics Program for Medical Professionals
- Ann Kopelson, a flight surgeon and general practioner with the U.S. Navy, was looking for a medical graphics package to help her create patient education handouts. Kopelson needed an easy-to-use program with detailed medical graphics, and she needed it at a reasonable price. Kopelson had tried a few other programs,...
- Tags: Patient, Graphics, SmartDraw
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Attracting Buyers With SmartDraw Floor Plans
- As a real estate broker in upstate New York, Ross Gill is always looking for more buyers. Unfortunately, most potential buyers live in the metropolitan New York area. That means they can't always physically view the properties for sale. In the past, Gill tried to explain the layout to the...
- Tags: Buyer, SmartDraw, Real Estate, Business Operations
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Winning Personal Injury Lawsuits With SmartDraw Calendars & Timelines
- Debra Haarsager works as a paralegal for Lee Hagen Law Office LTD, a leading personal injury law firm specializing in automobile accidents and equipment injuries. Haarsager was asked to prepare a trial exhibit visually depicting a client's extensive medical care needs, including therapy, surgeries, hospitalizations, and doctors visits. Rather than...
- Tags: Lawsuit, Calendar, SmartDraw, Policies And Procedures, Internet, Litigation, Human Resources, Business Operations
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Creating Flowcharts & Network Diagrams With SmartDraw
- Running your own company specializing in Internet database solutions and Web applications is no easy job. Jim Miotke, President and CEO of idbDeveloper.com wanted to simplify the work by finding a diagramming tool to help draw organization charts and application flowcharts for clients. Miotke did a search on the Internet...
- Tags: Flowchart, Network, SmartDraw, Internet, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Creating Anatomical Diagrams in Dermatology
- Dr. Matthew Miller, of Greenville Dermatology, was looking for a new way to create medical notes for his patients. At the time, he was describing the location of his patients' skin lesions into a tape recorder. Dr. Matthew had then pay someone to type up comments in note format. The...
- Tags: Patient, Matthew Miller, SmartDraw, Internet
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Creating Forms for Private Investigations With SmartDraw Legal Edition
- Patrick Cote is no stranger to criminal justice. Patrick has more than thirty years experience in law enforcement, with the last eleven as a police chief in three states. Patrick has published a book, Police Chief Managing Success, and now works as a private investigator at his own company, Cote...
- Tags: SmartDraw, Patrick Cote, Patrick, Internet, Web Site Development, Web Technology
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Flowcharting e-Mail Marketing Campaigns With SmartDraw
- Gary Brotman, Director of Marketing Communications for MUSICMATCH, the global leader in personalized music software and services, was in search of an easy way to visualize the e-mail marketing campaigns. Brotman also wanted to illustrate the relationship between the company's online advertising campaigns and new customer acquisition. They wanted to...
- Tags: MusicMatch, Online Advertising, SmartDraw, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Marketing Guru Taps SmartDraw to Enhance PowerPoint Presentations for Clients
- JMB Communications of Plymouth, Massachusetts (www.jmbcommunications.com), provides marketing communications, public relations, and website creation services to a diverse clientele including high technology, financial, scientific, hospitality, and other B2C and B2B businesses worldwide. Founder Jeff Berger decided a few years ago that they wanted most of the employees to have weekends...
- Tags: Microsoft PowerPoint, Web Site, PowerPoint Presentation, SmartDraw, Web Site Development, Public Relations, B2C, Marketing Research, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Corporate Communications, E-business/E-Commerce
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- Five Vista tips, revisited and expanded
- Five Vista tips, revisited and expandedLooking foreward to this series...Ed, two quick comments on this one. First, thanks especially for the Quick Launch keyboard tip. I'm one of those keyboard-centric types, so it is perfect for me. Second, I have the Apacer flash drive you mentioned and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Backups, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, backup, backup program, Vista Tip, Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Much ado about Acrobat 8
- Much ado about Acrobat 8Many low cost PDF alternativesI stopped using Acrobat about a year ago. Personally I am using TIFF and PDF a lot more in my work. Acrobate and Adobe may just be loosing business by being so careful to keep from being ripped off. Just Google "free...
- Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2006-09-18
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