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Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Gliffy Self Help Expands: User Manual Now Available!
The entire Gliffy staff is proud to provide our Gliffy Users with (drum roll please) the Gliffy User Manual Now, as you work on your complicated Network Diagrams or fancy Flow Charts, you can easily search for basic how-to’s, hints, … Continue reading
Copying Elements from One Diagram to Another (Confluence and JIRA Plugins)
A recent user suggested this tip to be placed in a more prominent place. As we like to do with user requests, here you go! To copy and paste between Gliffy Diagrams in your Confluence pages or JIRA issues: * … Continue reading
Flowchart Excellence
You don’t have to be fancy to get your point across, but there’s a reason graphic designers stay in business; beautifully presented information is more likely to be looked at, understood and enjoyed. Take a look at these two flowcharts … Continue reading
Moving Gliffy Diagrams
Looking for a way to move your floor plan diagram? Here is the best way to move your Gliffy Online diagram from one document to another without having to reference another page: With the diagram you’d like to move open: … Continue reading
What are the Options for High Quality Exporting (SVG, Adobe, etc.)?
Looking for ways to present your Gliffy diagram in a clear, professional manner? We suggest, to increase the quality of exporting formats, export as SVG, which can then be imported into Visio or Adobe Illustrator. These applications can give more … Continue reading
Moving Gliffy Diagrams into Word
Ever wonder if you are the only one with this question? You’re not. Here is the quick and easy way to move your Gliffy organizational chart, flow chart or other Gliffy document into Word. With Gliffy Diagram Open: File, Export … Continue reading
Public facing JIRA and searching support
As Mike mentioned in the recent post about our new web site and logo, we’re now using JIRA for customer support which is helping us respond to customer queries more quickly. Where JIRA really shines, however, is in the issue/bug … Continue reading
More Drawing Control with Lock Shape
So you got that cool background image in your Gliffy diagram you want to start decorating with shapes and text. But, as you start dropping things onto the image and moving them around, you accidentally move the background image around … Continue reading
Multiple shape alignment and positioning
Sometimes when great things happen, people often use the statement “the planets must be aligned”. Well the same thing can be true when you create that jaw-dropping Gliffy flow chart diagram with nicely aligned shapes. Can your boss say, “promotion”? … Continue reading
The power of ESC
Many people have heard about the power of ESP, but Gliffy users might find ESC to be more powerful. The Escape (ESC) key can help you be more productive when creating your earth-shattering flow charts, floor plans, or network diagrams. … Continue reading
