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04-01-2009, 02:39 AM
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Registered: Mar 2007
Distribution: Linux Mint 18.1
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org chart designer
Has anyone heard of, or can anyone recommend, open source "organisation chart" designer software? These charts are sometimes known as "family trees".
A pointer to any FOSS applications, either on Linux or Windows, would be appreciated. Googling for it does not appear to bring much up...
Steve
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04-01-2009, 03:09 AM
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Location: Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, UK
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Originally Posted by Steve W
Has anyone heard of, or can anyone recommend, open source "organisation chart" designer software? These charts are sometimes known as "family trees".
A pointer to any FOSS applications, either on Linux or Windows, would be appreciated. Googling for it does not appear to bring much up...
Steve
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Hi Steve,
You can use Openoffice.org This wiki explains how to do it.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/...nization_chart
cheers,
jdk
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04-03-2009, 10:48 AM
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Yes, I can imagine using OpenOffice Draw, or Kivio, would be reasonably satisfactory; and indeed at work (where we use Windows), you can kind of get it done in Powerpoint. But I was trying to look at software that takes away some of the manual positioning of the boxes and the connectors. Microsoft Office does have an orgchart "designer" included, but it is really basic and no good for complex arrangements. So it is back to doing it in Powerpoint.
If no FOSS applications have been written for orgcharts, I will continue using Powerpoint, or take another look at the Draw manual to see if any features of Draw are faster than doing it in PP.
Thanks for the info.
Steve
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04-03-2009, 11:21 AM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: Northeast Ohio
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How about TCM or DIA
Both are in the Debian repos, and are avail for Windows as well. (cygwin in the case of TCM)
http://projects.gnome.org/dia/
http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~tcm/software.html
I see nothing that will automate this process though
Last edited by farslayer; 04-03-2009 at 11:23 AM.
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04-04-2009, 02:38 AM
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Okay, thanks Farslayer. Perhaps there will never be a package that will automate the process to a degree, but still allow flexibility to have complex layouts if required.
Steve
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