Block Diagram: Best Practices
- Identify the system. Determine the system to be illustrated.
- Create and label the diagram. Add a symbol for each component of the system, connecting them with arrows to indicate flow.
- Indicate input and output.
- Verify accuracy.
Create a block diagram
- Click the File tab.
- Click New, under templates, or categories, click General, and then double-click Block Diagram.
- From the Blocks and Blocks Raised stencils, drag shapes onto the drawing page.
- To add text to a shape, select the shape and then type.
Create a chart
- Select the data for which you want to create a chart.
- Click INSERT > Recommended Charts.
- On the Recommended Charts tab, scroll through the list of charts that Excel recommends for your data, and click any chart to see how your data will look.
- When you find the chart you like, click it > OK.
On the “Insert” tab of the Ribbon, click the “Shapes” button. In the “Lines” section, click one of the curved arrow shapes.
Add a drawing to a document
- Insert a shape. On the Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, click a shape, and then click somewhere in the document.
- Change a shape.
- Add text to a shape.
- Group selected shapes.
- Draw in the document.
- Adjust the size of the shapes.
- Apply a style to a shape.
- Add flow charts with connectors.
- On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click the SmartArt button. Press Alt+N+M.
- Click OK to insert the selected diagram at the cursor.
How to make a Venn diagram using SmartArt graphics in MS Word
- In Word, go to Insert > Illustrations > SmartArt.
- Go to Relationship > Basic Venn.
- Double-click “Text” to modify the text or use the text pane.
- Select the graphic, and click “Add Shape” to make your Venn diagram larger.
- Once finished, save the document.
How to make a splendid circular flow chart
- Add the base Block Arc shape:
- 1.1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, select Shapes:
- 1.2. In the Shapes list, from the Basic Shapes group, choose the Block Arc shape:
- Format the Block Arc shape:
- 2.1.
- 2.2.
- Add two oval shapes:
- Union and subtract shapes:
Click and hold down the mouse button, then move the mousecursor to
draw.
Draw an oval or circle
- On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, clickShapes.
- Under Basic Shapes, click Oval .
- Click where you want the circle to start. To make the shape acircle, press and hold SHIFT while you drag to draw. Notes:
Insert a check mark or tick mark in Word
- Place your cursor at the spot where you want to insert the symbol.
- Go to Insert > Symbol.
- Select a checkmark symbol to insert or do the following. Select More Symbols. Scroll up or down to find the checkmark you want to insert.
- Double-click the symbol to insert it into your document.
- Select Close.
Highlight multiple parts of a document
- Go to Home and select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color.
- Select the color that you want.
- Select the text or graphic that you want to highlight.
- To stop highlighting, select the arrow next to Text Highlight Color.
Follow these steps:
- Position the insertion point where you want the circled text.
- Display the Insert tab of the ribbon.
- In the Symbols group, click the Symbol tool and then choose More Symbols.
- Using the Font drop-down list, choose Arial Unicode MS.
- Make sure that the From drop-down list is set to Unicode (Hex).
To insert a shape:
- Click Insert, then select Drawing from the drop-down menu.
- The Drawing dialog box will appear.
- Select a drawing command.
- Click and drag in the drawing area to create the shape to the desired size.
- Release the mouse.
- If you want, you can add more shapes.
- The drawing will appear in the document.
A self-loop or loop is an edge between a vertex and itself. An undirected graph without loops or multiple edges is known as a simple graph. A cycle is a closed path, i.e. a path combined with the edge (vk,v1).
A simple cycle is a cycle in a Graph with no repeated vertices (except for the beginning and ending vertex). Basically, if a cycle can't be broken down to two or more cycles, then it is a simple cycle.
Cycle is a closed path. These can not have repeat anything (neither edges nor vertices). Note that for closed sequences start and end vertices are the only ones that can repeat.
A trail is a walk with no repeated edge. A path is a walk with no repeated vertices. A closed walk is a walk with the same endpoints, i.e., v0 = vk. A cycle is a closed walk with no repeated vertices except for the endpoints.
In graph theory, a cycle in a graph is a non-empty trail in which the only repeated vertices are the first and last vertices. A graph without cycles is called an acyclic graph. A directed graph without directed cycles is called a directed acyclic graph. A connected graph without cycles is called a tree.
A cycle is a positive length closed walk whose vertices are distinct except for the beginning and end vertices. Note that a single vertex counts as a length zero path that begins and ends at itself. Length one cycles are possible when a node has an arrow leading back to itself.
Actually a complete graph has exactly (n+1)! cycles which is O(nn).
A cycle graph is: 2-edge colorable, if and only if it has an even number of vertices. 2-regular. 2-vertex colorable, if and only if it has an even number of vertices.
ALGORITHM. Step 1: call DFS traversal for the graph which can color the vertices. Step 2: If a partially visited vertex is found, backtrack till the vertex is reached again and mark all vertices in the path with a counter which is cycle number.
Add a flow chart to a slide in PowerPoint
- On the Insert tab, click SmartArt.
- In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box, on the left, select the Process category.
- Single-click a flow chart in the middle pane to see its name and description in the right pane of the dialog box.
- Select the flow chart you want, and then click OK.
Creating PowerPoint Diagrams
- Open the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box. You can open it two ways: • On the Insert tab, click the SmartArt button.
- Select a diagram in the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box. Diagrams are divided into seven types. The dialog box offers a description of each diagram.
- Click OK.
4 Simple Steps to Create This PowerPoint Wheel Diagram
- Step 1: Draw the base segment. Use 'pie' tool in auto shapes menu to create a quarter segment as follows:
- Step 2: Draw the circle. Now make three more copies of the segment and complete the circle as follows:
- Step 3: Add a layer. Make a copy of the group.
- Step 4: Color the segments.
Create curved or circular WordArt
- Go to Insert > WordArt.
- Pick the WordArt style you want.
- Type your text.
- Select the WordArt.
- Go to Shape Format > Text Effects > Transform and pick the effect you want.