Excel Flowchart Maker

Automatically Generate Diagrams Directly in Microsoft Excel

Transform the way you document, analyze, and present your workflows. If you are tired of spending hours manually dragging, resizing, and connecting shapes, the Flowchart Maker add-in offers the ultimate automation shortcut. Designed to work seamlessly within your existing spreadsheets, this intuitive utility makes it remarkably simple to convert text to flowcharts in Excel using nothing more than a structured step list.

Instead of building diagrams element by element, such as using Excel's built-in tools, you can now input your raw process steps, define your decision paths, and let the add-in handle the complex layouts instantly. It acts as an intelligent, native Excel text-to-diagram tool that eliminates manual formatting, ensuring your diagrams are clean, perfectly aligned, and ready for presentations in seconds.

Whether you are auditing complex operational systems, mapping out corporate compliance rules, or documenting standard operating procedures (SOPs), this add-in brings professional, automatic process mapping to Excel. Because the generated diagrams are composed entirely of native Excel shapes, every chart remains fully editable, customizable, and ready to be printed or exported directly to high-resolution PDFs and images. Stop wasting time drawing boxes—automate your diagramming workflow today.

See it in action:

• The Getting Started diagram for Flowchart Maker, built with Flowchart Maker itself.
• The Excel version.

Make a Flowchart in 3 Steps

Create a flowchart in these three easy steps.

Step 1: Create a Data Sheet

Click the "New Flow Data Sheet" command on the "UniformSoftware" ribbon tab to import a sample flow data sheet.

Step 2: Fill in Your Steps

Fill in your steps in an Excel table in plain text. Use the "Next ID" field to create connectors between steps. Use an intuitive picker to choose shape types.

Step 3: Generate the Flowchart

Click "Create / Update Flow Chart" on the "Flowchart" ribbon tab.

The chart uses only Excel's standard flowchart shapes and is thus fully editable. There are also handy tools. For example, flip the whole or part of the chart, reposition all decision labels, etc.

You can also snap the chart sheet and data sheet side by side on the screen for easy updating.

Key Features of the Excel Flowchart Generator

Automatic Layout Algorithm

You don’t have to specify the graph layout manually. Let the app do this for you. And, if you’re not satisfied with the result, manual modifications are as easy as dragging and dropping!

Intuitive Shape Selector

When you click a cell inside the "Shape Type" column, a little picker icon appears. Click it to popup a selector that shows all the usable blocks. You don't have to remember what each shape type looks like.

Reposition All Labels with One Click

With just one click of the mouse, you can reposition all the decision labels to be near their connectors! So, when you’re moving block shapes, you don’t have to worry about the decision labels.

Multiple Editable Flowchart Templates

The templates define colors and the rate of width, height, etc. Modify the template to reflect your own business or brand style.

And don't forget there are handy tools on Excel’s “Shape Format” tab for you to customize your diagram!

Export Excel Flowcharts Directly to High-resolution PDF or Image Formats

Seamlessly share and present your diagrams with built-in professional publishing tools. The add-in allows you to export Excel flowcharts directly to high-resolution PDF or image formats, ensuring your visual maps retain razor-sharp clarity whether they are embedded in a PowerPoint slide, attached to an email, or saved for digital archiving. To make physical documentation completely painless, you can leverage print-ready layout configurations that let you precisely control margins, canvas dimensions, and charting ranges. This guarantees your automated diagrams are perfectly framed and beautifully aligned for hard-copy printing or formal reports, completely eliminating the frustration of awkward page breaks or clipped text boxes.

Seamless Office Cross-Compatibility (Native Shape Copying)

Bring your diagrams into your reports and presentations without losing the ability to edit them. With the dedicated "Copy" command directly on the Excel ribbon, you can duplicate your entire flowchart instantly.

Unlike standard tools that copy diagrams as static, un-editable images, this feature exports the chart as a fully grouped, native Office shape object. When you paste your flowchart into other Microsoft Office applications like Word or PowerPoint, it retains its complete vector integrity. This means you can ungroup the diagram, modify individual text boxes, change shape colors, or adjust layout dimensions directly within your slides or document pages, ensuring perfect design flexibility across your entire workspace.

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