Create a Swim Lane Flowchart in Visio

[@ernestanderson2342]

Hi Doug, 9 years later and it's still good information you provided. I've been developing network drawings for the past 15 years with Visio and NEVER created a Swim Lane diagram until today. I'm using MS Visio Plan 2 MSO and all the features are still here and I thank you!!

[@DougHExcel]

Fantastic! Glad that it still has relevance and helped you!

[@johnalthomas]

Greta video. Easy step by step tutorial. Good Job

[@DougHExcel]

Thank you!

[@MultiMaktube]

This is really help to understand clearly. Thank you for the video.

[@DougHExcel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gregdunn7526]

Great intro video to show what Visio can do. Thank you

[@DougHExcel]

Glad you liked it!

[@terrencebranscombe3257]

Great video. Concise and informative. Would really like to see one that attempted to explain some of the typical uses for standard shapes, or how one might link to images of, for example, screen shots. Cheers.

[@agsurfer]

Thanks again for sharing. Insightful and easy to follow!

[@DougHExcel]

Hi SIGnificant...you're welcome, glad you liked!

[@abigailfreemankarin]

Terrific. Simple and clear

[@kharmaska]

Thanks ! I found this handy also when creating Timelines in Visio with Swin-lanes for multiple projects/services schedules. :)

[@babyprintz]

Very clear and good pace. Thanks for the great video!!

[@Pichis07]

Thanks for a great video!! Super helpful!

[@DougHExcel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@awjfagan]

Thanks Doug, very useful starter tutorial, moved me up the learning curve.

[@DougHExcel]

Hi Andrew Fagan, thanks for the comment!

[@beatricesalazar401]

Thanks for the video.

[@DougHExcel]

You are welcome!

[@xuyongsg]

good illustration,,, i learned about 'point to point' or 'shape to shape' connection.

[@DougHExcel]

Hi XU YONG, glad you liked it, thanks for commenting!

[@nikconwell6142]

Thanks for posting this, was very helpful.

[@roslufjames]

Awesomely presented...! Very informative and well articulated.

[@roslufjames]

You are welcome! I wish you can teach me Macros right from the basics. That's something fascinates me, or at least let me know the links to refer. Cheers..!

[@TiMalice2009]

Doug you always have what I need.

[@DougHExcel]

Glad you liked!

[@1randoperson688]

Thanks, you've saved my sanity slightly.

[@carlyhawken1695]

Same

[@leskowitz]

Thanks. Very helpful. I needed a reminder how to do this again for a engagement. The page copying was important to mention.

[@DougHExcel]

Thanks Paul Leskowitz, glad it helped!

[@logicalplay8616]

Nice video, learned a lot. Visio newbee appreciates the work to make this video.

[@ahmedbotan8322]

Thank you! Great tutorial.

[@ravishanker8527]

Thank you Doug. Brilliant job. This help me master the tool. Cheers!!

[@DougHExcel]

Glad it helped!

[@kavithachander4340]

Well articulated and very informative. thanks much.

[@DougHExcel]

You're welcome, thanks for the kind words!

[@imziminhas]

Thanks for putting this together. Good service for learners. Thank you.

[@DougHExcel]

Hi Imran Minhas, glad you liked it, thanks for commenting!

[@Booch236]

Thanks so much!! I learned a lot from this helpful video!

[@DougHExcel]

Thanks for the comment!

[@XDD-kv9ug]

Thanks very much. It's very useful.

[@RooRassy]

Would love for you to talk about phases

[@DougHExcel]

Hi MrsRas, thanks for the comment!

[@venkatsworld]

Thanks..it was very useful...

[@n.t.7101]

I got a big process with a lot of swimlanes and I lose my orientation all the time in which lane I am at the moment when I scrolled far to the right. Is there any possibilty to fixture the names of the swimlanes when scrolling from left to right to see in which lane I am all the time? Help would be soo nice

[@cnauert]

This helped a lot, thanks!

[@brianj.3274]

Awesome! Thank you for the upload....Very Informative. B

[@sagarthanawala4816]

Pretty good..

[@DougHExcel]

Thanks!

[@vdreamj]

very very helpful

[@DougHExcel]

Glad you found this helpful!

[@yossi_cohen]

Thanks!

[@jimw.5654]

Great video, illustration and commentary. How do I add processes that start in parallel or at same time instead of sequential? Thx again!

[@DougHExcel]

Hi Jim W., thanks for the comment! You should be able to repeat and add connectors for parallel tasks.

[@ayoung828]

Thanks Doug! Just what I needed. Do you have any examples using a service company who has customers accounts in a financial hold status?

[@murphym1979]

Do you have a tutorial on process mapping?

[@DougHExcel]

sorry, no process mapping vid 🙁. Maybe in the future...

[@talanahancox3028]

Brilliant

[@DougHExcel]

Thanks!

[@justinrofe5144]

Very helpful post Doug, thanks! I liked the "Shadow" option you used to fill the swimlanes with colour, but unfortunately I can't find it in Visio 2013. Have they hidden it somewhere, or removed it?

[@terrencebranscombe3257]

+Justin Rofe Not sure about 2003, but the 2007 version calls this feature "Fill". Use the Solid pattern if you want to see it :-)

[@akbarbanisukanto4812]

Hi, how do you remove that "title" column?

[@DougHExcel]

should be able to click to select and press delete

[@KanomtomTH]

ขอบคุณมากครับ

[@DougHExcel]

คุณยินดี

[@peterveer7798]

Doug H This program isnt difficult
to use . I want programms like Java and C++ will be easier to use !

[@rogerboissonneau6373]

For some reason, I cannot get an arrow to be on the end of the connector point, and i have yet been able to find how to add one. any thoughts anyone?

[@DougHExcel]

Hi Roger Boissonneau, thanks for the comment