Every now and then i create a chart for one of my blogs. Over the years I have used the professional tools like Visio, but recently I have wished that I had a tool I could recommend that was less expensive and easy to use. Well surprise – I had the tool I needed to create a chart already in my toolbox. The tools I’m now using when I need to create a chart is ScreenPresso. Although it is primarily a screen capture and edit tool it does a very nice job of creating charts – if you know what to do…
ScreenPresso – A Free Screen Capture Program With An Editor
I’ve talked about ScreenPresso before, but I’ll recap what I like.
- Press the PrintScreen Button and it gives you the crosshairs to select the part of the screen you want
- It does not close windows menus when it is triggered. The menus are part of your image.
- It automatically saves the clips to its own storage area
- It comes with an editor and the editor has the features I need:
- Arrows
- Number the arrows
- Blur an area
- Text Boxes
- Just plain boxes
- all features can be changed (color, size, type)
- When you edit the saved image a second time all the things you added to the image are still movable, deletable, and changeable.
That last option is what makes ScreenPresso a very powerful tools for creating simple flow charts and diagrams. If you make a mistake or want to modify something, you don’t have to start from scratch.
How To Create a Chart with ScreenPresso
With the ability to create boxes, arrows between boxes, triangles, lines, text, fancy text, label sections with numbers and more, ScreenPresso gives you the tools you need to easily create simple charts. What is especially nice is that you can edit the file later and all the elements are still editable.
Here is one example of what you can do. I added to this flow chart at least 15 times and I built it up and up.
How WordPress, AWeber and PayPal Work Together in a Sales Funnel
(This chart was used in a blog post about Connecting WordPress, AWeber, and PayPal.)
BTW You can download ScreenPresso here.
I hope find this useful the next time you need to create a simple chart.
Until next time, you have a Great Day! Oh Hale Yes! 🙂
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Great tool Hale, except its not compatible with my Mac. Regards