OmniGraffle 5 diagramming essentials : create better diagrams with less effort using OmniGraffle / Ruben Olsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olsen, Ruben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer graphics--Software.

Computer graphics.

Macintosh (Computer)--Software.

Macintosh (Computer).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Create better diagrams with less effort using OmniGraffle

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1:Getting Started with OmniGraffle; What OmniGraffle is and what it is not; What's in a name?; Setting up OmniGraffle before you start; The OmniGraffle workspace; The canvas; The toolbar; The inspector bar; The drawing area; The style tray; The inspector palettes; Selector and keyboard shortcuts; The stencils; Your first diagram; Step 1: Start with a blank canvas; Step 2: add the first task; Step 3: add task-writing article; Step 4: Connecting shapes

Step 5: Adding another workflow step: Done editing Step 6: Moving a shape; Step 7: Adding the editor check; Step 8: Workflow step-publish on the front page; Step 9: Workflow step-publish on the front page; Step 10: Publishing!; Step 11: The icing on the cake-making your diagram spring into color; The Canvas Style Tray; More on moving shapes around the canvas; Saving diagrams; Exporting diagrams; Handy tips regarding inspectors; Tips and pitfalls-tips on how to make great visual diagrams; Tip 1: Do some planning before you start; Tip 2: Colorize gently; Tip 3: Use few fonts

Tip 4: Consider your output media Tip 5: Symmetry is better than asymmetry; Tip 6: Have one, and only one, focus point; Tip 7: Apply the Golden Ratio to stand alone diagrams; Tip 8: Use titles, figure captions and legends; Tip 9: Be liberal with white space; Tip 10: Be consistent; Summary; Chapter 2: Stencils; Defining a stencil; The stencil library; Overview of the Stencils palette; Built-in stencils; Common stencils; Maps stencils; Organization charts stencils; Science stencils; Software stencils; Space planning stencils; Your first stencil-based diagram; A helping guide

The incoming cash flow Adding expense buckets; External stencils; Omni Group downloads; Graffletopia; Commercial stencil sources; Importing MS Visio stencils and templates; Searching and importing stencils from Graffletopia; The manual method of importing any stencils; The automatic method of importing stencils from Graffletopia; Amending your income flow diagram; The details of the Stencils palette; Overview of the palette sections; The Stencil Library Controls; The Stencil View Mode buttons; The Stencil Action button; The Stencil Search function; The Stencil Folders pane; The Stencil Library

The Recent Stencils section The Favorite Stencil section; The selected shapes Style Tray; Creating your own stencil; Creating stencils with cool graphics; The vector side of things; The legal side of using third party graphic files; Creating a stencil with fancy graphics; Using svg Detective to convert the SVG file; Using Ink Scape to convert the SVG file; Exporting your stencil; Importing Microsoft Visio Templates; Organizing stencils; Summary; Chapter 3:Shapes, Building Blocks for Diagrams; Differences from other software; Compound shapes; Shape types; Adding a text caption to a shape

Drawing a copy of an existing shape

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612896934

9781282896932

1282896938

9781849690775

1849690774

OCLC:

798535873