Workflow Designer Features
Workflow Designer comes jam packed with tonnes of great features! Create workflows and procedures in the FREE Workflow Designer desktop tool and then optionally publish to Workflow Connect to create a seamless easy to use procedure and workflow system.
Ask any person tasked with creating workflows, process maps, procedures, mind maps or other visuals along with supporting text how frustrating it is to constantly have to copy and paste between applications for graphics and the text now Workflow Designer solves this and many many other problems including easy publishing on-line without any IT involvement. Workflow Designer works seamlessly with FlowBiz Automation and Workflow Connect. Workflow Designer leads the world in workflow and procedure design with features and benefits not found in other tools such as Smart draw or Visio.
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Upload and share your workflows in the cloud using the Workflow Connect subscription service.
Technical Specifications
Supported Operating Systems
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7 32 & 64 bit versions
System Requirements
Figure Features
Customise Graphics
Change the attributes for the figures such as margins, background, auto size Gradient and save as a global template.
Multiple Visual Shapes
Change the attributes for the figures such as margins, background, auto size Gradient and save as a global template.
Chart Template
Create a template and save it to a common location to get that same look and feel across all charts.
Align, Formatting Tools
Includes tools not normally found in standard drawing toolsets such as auto sizing, to ensure consistency in your presentation.
Automatic Drawing
Use the Smart Quick draw Pallet feature to place figures where required automatically.
Auto Line Draw
Auto line draw that has many features such as rounded corners, additional arrow shapes, midpoint arrows, text on lines and of course, different line styles colours and attributes.
Image Optimiser
A powerful image optimiser to reduce the size of any images embedded in a text box, or actual figure. Extremely useful when creating a more visual looking chart utilising photographs or other image formats.
Auto Line Draw
Having predefined figures means you can have prefilled text available to all personnel.
Reports, Printing and Integration
Publish to Worklfow Connect
Subscribe to Workflow Connect and manage and control the Workflow Designer information⦠across the room or across the world using cloud technologies. Business can have access to important processes and any accompanying files at anytime from anywhere using industry standard web browsers.
Chart Print
Print the Visual Map directly to your printer with preview and header or footer tags.
Microsoft Office Integration
Copy any diagram and paste into most Microsoft applications.
Visual Mapping + Printing
Standard templates ready to go:
- ISO Procedure Layout
- Performer Layout
- Files and Jumps Layout
- Audit Checklist
- Quick Guides
- Business Analysis Layout
Export
Change the attributes for the figures such as margins, background, auto size Gradient and save as a global template.
Import Visio and Mind Map files
Workflow Designer lets you import charts from Visio and Mind Map.
Visual Mapping & Features
Process or Chart Control Information
Record the title of a chart, codes, status, revision history and authorisation details.
Process or Chart Overview Information
Purpose and Scope and Business Analysis to record high-level information about the chart.
Performed By
Allocate responsibilities for each step in a process or procedure to clearly define who does what. Uses its own database of shared titles, or plain text entry.
Step Label
Clearly displays text within the figure.
Step Description
Add additional text to ensure the step details are fully explained. With tables, inserting graphics, full font control, this one feature alone puts Workflow Designer in front of all other tools.
Business Analysis
Can be used for many purposes such as by an in house analyst to record additional information that will not be part of the general generated procedure. If required, this information can be fully reported in a generated document as a separate document.
Work Instruction Tasks
Keep detailed step-by-step instructions for the accomplishment of a task within each step, great for complex steps in a process or procedure that require in-depth explanations.
File Linking at Each Step
Add a URL, attach a file, and report in the hard copy document for each step. If subscribed to the Workflow Connect system, browse to your on-line documents and have links direct on line from your secure document library.
Chart Linking at Each Step
Create a jump (or sub process) either on a network or if subscribed to Workflow Connect to other charts, within the secure and managed environment. When not connected to Workflow Connect then the link is reported in the generated report document.
Grammar Tools
Including spell checker with additional spelling for corporate dictionaries and thesaurus.
Tables
Insert tables into text boxes and create formatted tables.
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