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Design great-looking business brochures and flyers for your organization or social event with SmartDraw's brochure design software. Download Our Brochure Software FREE!

Start with the exact brochure design template you need. Then, simply add your information, upload your photos and logos, or add clip art and other professional graphics from the large collection of libraries included. Once you complete your brochure design, just export your brochure as a PDF, uploaded it to the web, or transfer your brochure to Microsoft Office® in a single click.

Your brochures will look like they were designed by a professional and ready-to-print in just a few minutes. Try our brochure software FREE with no obligation.

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Automatic Formatting

Only SmartDraw does the drawing for you. Start with a template and use the action buttons to add shapes. SmartDraw places with in just the right position with the appropriate connections.

Building a diagram using action buttons is simple. Move your cursor over a symbol. You'll see a gold outline with four arrows appear. Click an arrow to add a new symbol in that direction. SmartDraw will add a new shape, along with a connecting line, automatically.

You may also add shapes by clicking the buttons in the SmartPanel, if you prefer.

Editing is just as easy. To delete a shape, simply select and delete. SmartDraw reformats your chart automatically.

Need to make a change? Select the box you want to move, drag it to the new location, and SmartDraw automatically changes all the connections and re-aligns all the shapes.

You can even build entire charts with just keyboard shortcuts. For example, add all the boxes you need in a flowchart with the Ctrl and Arrow keys.

To ensure your visual looks as polished as possible, SmartDraw applies a professional design theme automatically. Change to a new theme with a single click.

70 Different Kinds of Visuals

No matter what type of visual you need to create, chances are SmartDraw has a quick-start template to help you create your graphic in minutes.

Plus, there are hundreds of examples that you can quickly edit to make your own.

SmartDraw comes complete with templates and examples for these diagram types:

• Activity Network
• Affinity Diagram
• Ansoff Matrix
• Authority Matrix
• Balanced Scorecard
• BCG Matrix
• Brand Essence Wheel
• Calendar
• Cause & Effect
• Certificate
• Charts & Graphs
• Crime Scene
• Cycle Diagram
• Decision Tree
• Ecomap
• Electrical Diagram
• Elevation
• Family Tree
• Floor Plan
• Flowchart
• Flyer
• Form Designer
• Funnel Chart
• Genogram
• Geography
• Goals Grid
• Landscape
• LDAP Diagram
• Map
• Marketing Mix
• Matrix (Graph)

• Matrix (Table)
• Mechanical Diagram
• Mind Map
• Network Diagram
• Org Chart
• Pedigree Chart
• PERT Chart
• PEST Analysis
• Planogram
• Project Chart
• Project Team Chart
• Puzzle Piece Diagram
• Pyramid Chart
• Rack Diagram
• Roads & Freeways
• Sales Proposition Chart
• Science Diagram
• Software Diagram
• Step Chart
• Storage Design
• Storyboard
• Swimlane Flowchart
• SWOT Diagram
• Target Diagram
• Timeline
• UML Diagram
• Value Chain Analysis
• Vehicle Diagram
• Venn Diagram
• Visual Outline
• Web Page Annotation
• Web Site Map
• Website Wire Frame
• Workflow Diagram

Microsoft Office^® Integration

SmartDraw is fully integrated with Microsoft Office^®. With literally one click, you can send your completed drawing directly to Word^®, Excel^®, PowerPoint^{® *}, or Outlook^®.
When you send your visual to Outlook, SmartDraw opens a new email message with your SmartDraw file attached, plus inserts a preview image right into the body of your message.
You can even copy and paste from SmartDraw to any your Office^® document, and vice versa.
^*PowerPoint integration only available in the Business and Enterprise Editions

PowerPoint^® Integration

SmartDraw works with PowerPoint^® like no other software to give you a better way to compose, manage, and deliver visual presentations.
Using a graphic in a slide beats boring bullets every time, but revealing a graphic in a series of steps can increase comprehension tenfold. SmartDraw builds this in automatically.
Plan out your presentation visually using SmartDraw's storyboard feature. Easily re-order your slides by dragging and dropping.
Once you have all your slides set, click Build and watch as SmartDraw builds your entire PowerPoint^® presentation for you, automatically!
Using a graphic in a slide beats boring bullets every time, but revealing a graphic in a series of steps can increase comprehension tenfold. SmartDraw builds this in automatically.
Use the custom library feature to store slides you use most often.
No matter how many visuals you add, your entire presentation is contained in a single SmartDraw file, making it easier to manage all of your presentations. To make a change, simply double click the visual.


Microsoft Project^® Integration

SmartDraw even integrates with Microsoft Project^® so you can quickly and easily plan a complex project. Save your SmartDraw project chart in Microsoft Project^® format to share with coworkers. You can also import existing Project^® files.


Microsoft Visio^® Filter

SmartDraw gives you access to all your old Visio^® files, plus new ones you receive from colleagues.
If you have Visio^® installed, SmartDraw can translate your VSD and VSDX files into SmartDraw format^*. Layers are maintained, and all connections are intact.
You can even convert multiple Visio^® files at once with the batch process feature. Just navigate to the folder containing your Visio^® files, and click convert.
^*This feature requires that both Visio^® and SmartDraw be installed on the local system.


 

Microsoft SharePoint^® Integration





SmartDraw integrates with Microsoft SharePoint^®, one of the most popular document management systems in the world.

Publish your SmartDraw file to your SharePoint^® server with just one click.

You can also browse the SharePoint^® server and check documents in and out from within SmartDraw.





Microsoft Office^® Interface

SmartDraw even works like Microsoft Office^®. Commands and options are grouped in a similar way, and are made easily accessible with the tab-oriented "ribbon" interface you're used to.






Exporting File Formats





SmartDraw makes it easy to export your visuals to a variety of formats. In addition to one-click exporting to Microsoft Office, you can also save your SmartDraw documents as an Adobe PDF or any of more than a dozen different graphic formats, including TIFF, JPEG, BMP, and PNG.

You can even send your SmartDraw file as an email attachment—in native format or as a PDF—without ever leaving SmartDraw.

And SmartDraw can open or import virtually any standard graphic file format. It's the only graphics software you'll ever need.




Printing

SmartDraw puts the printing options right at your fingertips without covering up your visual. As you change print options SmartDraw gives you an immediate preview so you know exactly what you will get.
The drawing area in SmartDraw is unlimited, allowing you to make posters, plans, and other visuals of any size.
When you want to print your document, you can print it all on one sheet of paper, print to scale, print on a range of pages, or even print at actual size depending on your printer.


Collections

Group several SmartDraw files into a collection and manage them as a single file.
When you open a collection, SmartDraw keeps the files organized in a single folder and maintains the hyperlinks between visuals.
Use the forward and back buttons to easily browse through your interlinked visuals.
When you share your collection with someone on your SmartDraw Account, they will be able to zoom and scroll on each visual. They can also see notes and open links and attachments.




Custom Template Categories

Create your own categories in the SmartDraw Template selector.
Group all of the templates you use most frequently or create a category of templates custom-designed for your company.




AutoSave


SmartDraw saves your visuals automatically as you create and modify them. Never lose work due to system failure again!

When you restart SmartDraw, your saved document will open automatically




Automatic Document Linking

Easily separate large complex flowcharts, organization charts and other visuals into a collection of more easily managed hyperlinked documents with the Create Sub-Process command.


Customization

SmartDraw automatically applies professional design themes for you, but also gives you complete control to customize your drawing in any way you want.
Change the entire look of your drawing by applying a new design theme with just one click.
Or change the look of individual shapes instantly by selecting a new Quick Style. Choose from more than 40 preset looks.


Customizing Graphics

Customize even further by adjusting line thickness, outline and fill colors, even add textures.




Customizing Text

SmartDraw gives you complete flexibility with text too—recolor, resize, select a new font, and even rotate.


Adding Shapes and Lines

Each template includes a library of shapes and symbols specifically for the type of drawing you're working on. To add a new shape, simply select it and drag it onto your drawing.
Hundreds of libraries with thousands of images and symbols are included for every type of diagram. You can also easily add your own symbols.
Finish off your drawing by easily adding lines of any kind—straight, curved, or polygon—either with or without auto-connectors. Once your lines are drawn, easily edit them by simply manipulating with the mouse.




Aligning, Rotating, and Grouping

SmartDraw makes it easy to achieve a professional look by making it a snap to organize and manipulate your drawing elements.
Group objects to make them easier to work with.
Quickly align objects, or groups, along any axis.
Rotate objects or groups by either fixed amounts or freely by hand.


Tables

Easily add tables to your drawing with the commands in the Table tab. SmartDraw gives you complete control of your table formatting, much like Microsoft Word^®, but with far more styling flexibility.


Adding Images and Photos

Easily integrate photos and other images into your SmartDraw document by importing, or copying and pasting. All standard file formats are recognized.
Built-in photo-software functionality allows you to import images directly from your digital camera or other source, crop and scale, adjust color and brightness, and drop them into org charts or any other SmartDraw document.


Notes

Put details about your visual in notes instead of on your diagram for a cleaner and simpler look.
Add notes to any shape and see them pop up as you mouse over. Perfect for collaboration.
Notes are also visible on the web, so you or anyone you share your visual with will be able to view any notes, even on a mobile device.




Comments

Avoid the inevitable and confusing collection of co-worker emails by putting all your comments right into your SmartDraw document.
The new comments feature keeps track of who added each comment and when it was added.
Like notes, comments can be toggled on and off. Plus, you can choose to print out your comments as well. All the comments are added to a second sheet, keeping your diagram uncluttered.


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4 Steps to a Cracking Conversion Rate this Christmas: Step 2 – Turn Browsers into Buyers

• E-Commerce, Improving Conversions

  
  In this series I'll be showing how to crank up your conversion rate by keeping visitors engaged every step of the way through your fashion retail website. This week’s focus – the browsing pages.
  
  
  
  The window shopper. A perennial tease for high-street retailers. They will ransack and rummage, browse but not buy, and are always but a breath away from their signature catch-phrase, “I don't need help, I'm just browsing"…ugh.
  
  Online however, the window shopper has capacity to frustrate ten times as many people at once, most commonly seen flitting between numerous tabs, joyously humming and hawing over this and that. So it will come as no surprise that product pages are where fashion retailers see the highest level of customer drop-off.
  
  While converting each and every customer who touches down onsite is optimistic to the point of delusion, there are measures you can take to make the customer’s path through your site that much smoother – turning more browsers into buyers.
  
  Search and Filter
  Over the course of various studies and surveys, a lot of time and effort have been spent on how best to direct people around your product pages, and the results are…inconclusive. Some online shoppers prefer a search box, others prefer navigational tools. So the answer is - incorporate both.
  
  A search box that’s complimented by a filtering system will allow customers to best refine their aim, and explore your product range. It’s vital to make sure that both of these functions are strong, to cater for all shoppers. Shop the Look or Trend work very well for the trend-hunters out there, giving them confidence to build the outfit and choose their key pieces.
  
  Most importantly, avoid the “No Results Found” message at all costs. Appropriately tagging your products will help banish those three nasty words from your site for good. For instance it’s all well and good describing a dress onsite as a Florence Colour Block Dress in Cashmere, but if you don’t also tag it as Grey Dress then it will go unnoticed by the search function, hiding it from many of your less au fait users.
  
  Pictures with Personality
  Shopping is a tactile business and the inability to feel and play with the garments is a big drawback in shopping online. Fluid voluminous shapes enhanced with glittering embellishments, mosaic prints or metallic jacquard fabrics would all undoubtedly look great in your store, yet will such items of such personality be as fabulous online?
  
  They can, but not with a static jpeg.
  
  Images should be interactive, allowing customers to rotate and zoom in on the products as they please. This will give customers a more detailed look for sure, but in terms of judging how a piece sits and flows, there is no competing with video. ASOS are one of the industry benchmarks is this regard.
  
  Although they can’t fully replicate actually trying the garments on in store, having interactive images and a strong video display will take much of the risk out of the buying decision for the customer - making your product pages more engaging, which will always lead to more sales.
  
  Precise Placement
  Placing recommendations on product pages is a useful way to keep people on site. They remove the dead ends in the user’s journey while shining a broader light on your product range. But don’t use recommendations that will confuse the customer, or products that have limited sizes. Think about what has most likely drawn the customer to the garment in the first place (the hem-line, the neck-line, the colour etc) and select the accompanying pieces accordingly.
  
  Dressipi offer incredibly detailed personalization and recommend according to a customer’s finger print. Place product recommendations on newsletters and email marketing – not just on product pages.  Additionally you can help buyers complete the look by displaying supplementary products, not similar ones. Always point customers towards the upsell.
  
  Critique Chic
  Customer uncertainty is a very destructive force in the buying process, as most individuals enjoy justification before settling on an item - and that’s why product reviews are so valuable in ecommerce.
  
  ‘Social proof’ is the concept that people will conform to the actions of others under the assumption that those actions represent the right way to act. In other words - other people are doing it, I trust those people, so that's validation that I should also be doing it. Simplistic and borderline degrading for the human race, but in many cases true.
  
  Third-party validation is a very powerful motivator, and reviews will give your products an endorsement that’s beyond even your marketing team’s best campaign.
                                       
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