Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Inside Out

Creating SmartArt

The SmartArt button on the Insert tab represents a significant set of features. In the previous release of Excel, SmartArt replaced the organization chart feature with a comparative cornucopia of new functionality and graphic complexity. SmartArt graphics are prepackaged sets of graphic objects designed to address a variety of presentation tasks, such as creating timelines and decision trees, illustrating procedural steps and relationships, and, yes, creating organizational charts.

Note

The feature formerly known as Microsoft Organization Chart 2.0 is still available as an add-in, which you can add by exiting all programs and using ...