It’s not true Office integration where the diagram is editable inside the Office program, but it’s better than what we had. You still can only add an image into Office documents, but the process is somewhat easier. That’s stretching it … the new system isn’t as good as those words might appear. With the new add-ins, users can now create and insert Lucidchart diagrams directly into their Word, Excel and PowerPoint projects”. Here’s a simple example where moving the ‘Heading 1’ shape automatically adjusts the arrows and there’s guides to indicate the gaps above and below.Īccording to LucidChart’s press release “Previously, Lucidchart users exported files as static images and copied them into Microsoft Office documents. Shapes aren’t linked with each other so moving one shape means then fiddling around with arrows and other elements.
Office has diagram tools via Insert | Shapes but they aren’t very elegant. LucidChart is a very nice diagramming and flowchart tool which is now better integrated with Microsoft Office. Thanks for joining us! You'll get a welcome message in a few moments.
