- Platform: Windows Vista / XP
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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SmartDraw 2009 is easy to use "business graphics" software that is the perfect companion product for Microsoft Office. SmartDraw provides "visual productivity" and allows you to communicate more effectively, better manage your people and your projects, work smarter, save time and save money. The software includes hundreds of pre-drawn templates of business graphics including flow charts, mind maps, project time lines, organization charts, colorful 3-D graphs, floor plans, country maps, network diagrams, and more. SmartDraw is easy to use, and does the drawing for you. Price includes free tech support, and the CD / Media Pack.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One creative application - 1,000 uses,
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This review is from: SmartDraw 2009 (CD-ROM)
I was lucky to stumble on Smart Draw. Once I discovered the richness and ease of use and its depth, plus (I guess) with 100 times as many templates as Visio plus really fine detailed clip art (I know its over at least 10,000 pieces,) I was hooked. I have been using Smart draw since I think 2000 or so.
I was/am sort of a Visio expert before it was purchased by Microsoft long ago. And I loved Visio - imperfections and all. But after discovering Smart Draw (the 1st true non Microsoft application that integrated itself into all the application in Microsoft Office)I did 90% of my work with it instead of Visio. It saved me time and gave me superior flexibility. Yes I still use Visio (Smart Draw can even import VSS files) including vs. 2007, and I have upgraded Smart Draw to every new version since. They get better and better. Unlike Visio, SD's training and examples are fantastic as is their really fine support. AND NO I DO NOT HAVE ANY RELATIONSHIP WHATSOEVER with Smart Draw. When they branched out with their medical extension, I checked it out. Doctors should grab it! I have several great docs as clients and GAVE them gifts of the Smart Draw Medical version. Why? Many use it for training or customizing the incredible template/clip art collection for virtually any disease. Its great for showing patients custom pictures of procedures as well as an awesome adjunct for use (my orthpod does a lot of professional peer training) for training. Unfortunately the one thing I don't like at all about Smart Draw is that it morphed when Office 2007 came out with that d__m ribbon! I hate that ribbon. But SD 2009 is still incredibly easy to use. You can even create your own Smart Draw library from your own art with its easy import tool. If you are wise you will buy the packaged version, rather than download it. When you download it all of the templates do not come with it. Just images. if you use a new template, frequently it must be added by downloading. A real pain. SD used to offer the ability to download all the art, butt its hard to do now. But absent those two issues, Smart Draw rocks! I understand its legal version is as good as its medical one. Lawyers and police appear to really love it.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
IT'S JUNK!!,
By Don C. (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: SmartDraw 2009 (CD-ROM)
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON SMARTDRAW LIKE I DID!!!
If you want to experience frustration with a tool that consistently behaves badly, spend $200 on Smartdraw. I've had it nearly a year now and have found it to be generally non-configurable (take a look at the Options settings -- there are a whopping six of them!) and forces you to do what it wants you to do at almost every turn. Try making a flow chart -- connecting the symbols with lines frequently results in non-orthoganol lines that pass through the symbols creating a visual mess. Add text to connectors -- IT decides where the text goes -- not you. Few things are intuitive. Symbols and lines may or may not stay on grid. Symbols cannot be globally resized. Automatic symbol resizing cannot be disabled, so you end up with inconsistently sized decision blocks, etc., for a really crappy looking diagram. And, there is no way to specify the default font size; if you want to use a different sized text other than their default 10 point, you'll be changing it almost everytime after you've entered the text. I've had experience with CAD and drawing/publishing programs (AutoCAD, Corel, Solidworks, OrCAD, MS Publisher) and all of them generally behave well with an occasional aggravation, but Smartdraw will try your patience and leave you worn out after using it a couple of hours.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
SmartDraw 2009 for facilitators, trainers,
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This review is from: SmartDraw 2009 (CD-ROM)
I'm very pleased with the new features of SmartDraw 2009. I'm a meeting facilitator and trainer. I use SmartDraw to create all kind of graphics for my sessions and to summarize and clarify meeting discussions and decisions. I'm especially happy to have all the new, useful templates for Strategic Planning such as the force field analysis, goals grid and steps charts.
The feature that I most appreciate is the new interactivity with PowerPoint that allows me to export my SmartDraw graphics into animated PowerPoint slides. I almost always want to show audiences flow charts in step-wise fashion and this new feature makes that very easy! I love the SmartDraw product but I really love their technical assistance. I've never had to wait in the queue more than a couple of minutes and their staff really know their stuff. Above all, I've never had one get that fake-friendly tone in their voice that implies that you're a pain and they can't wait to get you off the phone. Good product, great service and a reasonable price! That's why SmartDraw is one of the most frequently used programs on my desktop.
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