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Additionalclarificationonflowchartconnectors
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ConnectorThissymbolshowscontinuationoftheflowchartfromonepagetoanotherorfromadecisiondiamond
toanotherpageorprocess.Whenyoureachthebottomofthepageorneedtojumptoanotherpage,drawaflow
chartconnectorsymbolandconnectittothelastitemonthechart.Labeltheinsideofthesymbolwithaletter,
typicallybeginningwithan"A"andpagenumberwheretheprocesscontinues.I.E.Thelabel
pointstopoint
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AonPage2.Whentheprocesscontinuestoanotherpage,drawanotherflowchartconnectorsymbolatan
appropriatelocation.Labelthesymbolwiththesameletterandthepagenumberwhereitcontinues.Onpage2in
thisexample,thelabel
wouldbetoindicatetheprocesswascontinuedatpointAonpage1.
Thereareanumberof
professionsthatuseflowcharting.
Thelistbelowincludesvarious
booksonflowchartingaswellas
severalonVISIO,oneofthe
mostusedprogramsfor
flowcharting.
AnalternatesymbolalsousedisinmorecomplexflowchartsistheOffPageConnectorwherethenumbering
conventionislikethatoftheconnectordescribedabove,however,theConnectorsareassignednodenumbers(i.e.
nodeA1iswhereonesegmentofaflowstopsandanothernodeA1wouldbewhereanotherflowshownata
differentlocationontheflowchartstarts).TheOffPageConnectoristhenusedtoshowthattheflowisona
differentpage.TheletterAreferstoaconnectiontoanotherpartoftheflowchart,typicallyonanotherpage.From
thefirstpage,theconnectorwouldbelabeledA2.Thatmeansgotopage2andfindconnectorA1(theconnector
fromthefirstpage).Anyletterscanbeusedtodescribetheconnectorsandonasmanypagesneededtodocument
theflowchart.Theletterisusedtodenotenodesorconnectionstootherpartsoftheflowchart.Thisisdonebecause
withsomeflowcharts,thereisjusttomuchdetailtoputitallononepage.
Ifthenodesareputononlyonepageandan"A"isusedtodenoteabreak,theflowchartreaderwouldlookforthe
node"A"elsewhereonthepageasaconnectiontoaseparateflowchart(aleg).(AnAhooksupwithA).Ifthere
werea"B"node,thatwouldmeanthereisanotherlegtotheflowchartandtofindtheflow,youwouldneedtofind
thesecond"B"totraceouttheflowforthesecondleg.
ThereisnothingexclusiveaboutusingA,B,C,X,Y,orZ.Theyarejustindicatorsthatapartoftheflowchartis
locatedelsewhere.
Numbersareaddedafteradashbehindthelettertoindicatewhichpagetolookontofindthenode.Detailed
flowchartscanhaveseveralpages.
FlowchartingHelpPageListof
RecommendedFlowchartingBooks
FlowChartSymbolsandTheirUsein
MicographicsPaperback/Published
1987
FlowChartSymbolsandTheirUsein
Micographics:AnsiAiim,Msr1987
AssnforInformationandImage
ManagementStaff/Paperback/
Published1987
MappingWorkProcessesbyDianne
Galloway PaperbackSpiraledition
(July1994)AmerSocietyforQuality
ISBN:
EssentialsofFlowchartingMichelH.
BoillotPaperback
BusinessProcessImprovement
Workbook:Documentation,Analysis,
Design,andManagementofBusiness
ProcessImprovementH.JamesHarrington,
etal
ProcessMastering:HowtoEstablish
andDocumenttheBestKnownWayto
DoaJobRayW.Wilson(Preface),Paul
Harsin
Automaticflowcharters
PatientFlowChartManual,1980
PatientCa/Published1980
SystematicElectronic
Troubleshooting:AFlowchart
ApproachJamesPerozzoPaperback
TheBasicsofProcessMapping
RobertDamelioPaperback
ProcessMapping:HowtoReengineer
YourBusinessProcessesV.Daniel
HuntHardcover
SoftwareEngineering:A
Practitioner'sApproachRogerS.
PressmanHardcover
SystematicElectronic
Troubleshooting:AFlowchart
ApproachJamesPerozzo/Paperback/
Published1989
FromFlowcharttoProgram
Published1985
FromFlowcharttoProgramRichard
G.Todd/Published1985
MicroprocessorLogicDesign:The
FlowchartMethodNickTredennick/
Published1987
Microprocessorlogicdesign:the
flowchartmethodNickTredennick
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PatientCareFlowchartManual
StevenAlexander/Published1988
PatientCareFlowchartManual:
EmergencyMedicinePublished1984
PatientCareFlowchartManual:
PediatricsPublished1984
StructuredCobol:FlowchartGaryB.
Shelly,etal/Published1988
LearnVisio5.0:ForUsersofVisio
TechnicalandVisioProfessional
RalphGrabowski/Paperback/
Published1998
Visio4forEveryone:IncludingVisio
4TechinicalRalphGrabowski/
Paperback/Published1996
LearnVisio5.0fortheAdvancedUser
RalphGrabowski/Paperback/
Published1998(NotYetPublished
OnOrder)
Visio4:DrawingHasNeverBeen
Easier!BarrieSosinsky/Paperback/
Published1995
(PublisherOutOfStock)
TheVisioIdeaBook/BookandDisk
DebbieWalkowski/Published1994
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