1. INTRODUCTION

There is no need to use a sophisticated drawing package to produce the Nassi-Shneiderman and UML Activity diagrams required for COMP101 assignmnets. The simple drawing capability that comes with Microsoft Word will suffice. This documnet very briefly describes how this can best be achieved.

2. USING WORD'S DRAWING FACILITIES

To prepare a diagram in Word:

1. To include the drawing tool bar at the base of your Word window (if it is not already there) go to the Word menu bar and select View, Toolbar and Drawing. As a result, a sequence of drawing icons will appear on the tool bar at the base of your Word window.
2. Rectangles can be produced by selecting the Rectangle button; and lines and arrows by selecting the Line or Arrow buttons respectively.
3. To render a shape (such as a rectangle) to be "see through": (i) select the desired shape, (ii) select the Fill Color button. and (iii) select No Fill.
4. Text can be included by selectiong the Text Box drawing tool bar item. To get rid of the border surrounding a text box highlight the border so that it is dotted (not diagonally dashed) by clicking on the boarder, select format from the menu bar and then Text Box ... and then edit the resulting "Format Text Box" window.

Created and maintained by Frans Coenen. Last updated 14 November 2005