What can you do with OmniGraffle?

What can you do with OmniGraffle?

OmniGraffle is incredibly good at making a wide range of flowcharts (or mind maps—whatever you call them is what it does!). Click in the tab to get started, return to create a new item, tab to indent, and shift-tab to outdent.

How do I rename a canvas in OmniGraffle?

Each Canvas has a title, a disclosure triangle for showing its layers, and a preview image:

1. To select a canvas, click its name or the preview image.
2. To rename a canvas, double-click its name in the sidebar.
3. To create a new canvas, click the new canvas button at the bottom of the sidebar.

Why OmniGraffle?

OmniGraffle is used to create graphics and visuals. While OmniGraffle can produce graphics and visuals, it is often used as a tool to create content maps, screen flows, and wire frames.

Is OmniGraffle Pro worth?

Overall, OmniGraffle is an elegant and powerful design tool that understands the Apple aesthetic. It does require a lot more learning than cloud based diagramming tools however and the lack of VSDX export support will be a big problem for those that need Visio support.

Can you open Visio files in OmniGraffle?

While OmniGraffle Pro can open the binary Visio file, you are prompted to save the file as an OmniGraffle Stencil file (. gstencil). Once imported, you can edit and add to the stencil file as needed.

What is a shared layer?

Unlike simply duplicating a layer, sharing a layer lets you make changes to multiple copies by changing only a single linked layer. If you want to duplicate finished layers as shared layers in a new channel, you can select Share Layers As Channel from the context menu or Layers menu.

Does OmniGraffle work on Windows?

OmniGraffle is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is diagrams.net, which is both free and Open Source.

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How do I add images to OmniGraffle?

To insert an image, select the shape, then open the Style:Image inspector and either drag and drop the image to the image well, or select the Image check box and choose the image you want inserted: Then pick the style of the inserted image (stretched etc).

How do I open an OmniGraffle file?

Those with Gmail accounts will be able to open . graffle files directly in Gmail by right-clicking the attachment and selecting “Open in Lucidchart”. The viewer uses the same process to open online OmniGraffle documents outside of Gmail; simply right-click the file hyperlink to see its contents.