Multiple Page Charts

Multi-page diagrams are not supported in the traditional way. Instead, this program provides a very simple model where a large LanFlow diagram can be printed on multiple pages (a process we call postering). It supports OLE linking and embedding for serious "book" type diagrams that require the full power of a word processor to organize diagrams into a large document. We believe this model is simpler and ultimately less restrictive than having a single diagram with multiple pages.

The page model

A LanFlow diagram is best thought of as a single, contiguous illustration. If a LanFlow diagram gets too large, this program helps you break it down into manageable portions. However, a LanFlow diagram is NOT a book. You won't find any page numbers in this program. You always work with a LanFlow diagram as a whole. You may choose to break a large LanFlow diagram into multiple pages strictly to print different sections of your LanFlow diagram on different pages. This process is called postering because the usual intent is to tape the pages together to build a large wall poster of your LanFlow diagram.

Think of your workspace as a very large virtual chalkboard. You may choose to design your LanFlow diagrams to fit nicely on a page, or you may prefer to build a LanFlow diagram without consideration for printed output. If you really require a multi-page book-type LanFlow diagram, you can create it in a word processor and use OLE to insert LanFlow diagrams onto each page.

Postering

Postering refers to the technique of creating a very large LanFlow diagram and laying it out and printing it onto a grid of sheets of paper. You can then manually attach all the sheets to form a wall poster of your diagram. The advantage of this technique is that it is very simple and flexible and lets you design your diagram right on the grid. You can also use postering to provide a limited multi-page capability by using each grid as a separate page.

See Postering in Page Set-up

OLE

OLE compatibility provides the ultimate in creating diagrams as part of large documents. You create a large document such as a user manual in a program like Microsoft Word. Then you insert (embed) as many diagrams as needed into this document. The larger program provides the pagination, headers, footers, table of contents, and so on.