If you get the OpenOffice.org (at, strangely enough,
It should do what you're asking for, and it comes with a word processor, spread sheet program, and presentation program.
*Really* *nice* *program*.
Is there a freeware state diagram editor for Windows somewhere?
I need only very basic functionality. Essentially only drawing circles, arrows and text labels, and being able to edit easily. No need for code generation or other fancy stuff.
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Richard Tuffin
In sci.electronics.cad Robert Roland wrote: : Is there a freeware state diagram editor for Windows somewhere?
: I need only very basic functionality. Essentially only drawing : circles, arrows and text labels, and being able to edit easily. No : need for code generation or other fancy stuff.
Try Dia. It's Linux native, but there is a Windoze port.
Surprising though it may sound, I use MS Word for all sorts of tasks like that. Quite simple really, and a born Windoze native.
Try an UML editor such as ArgoUML
Now there's an idea. http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:VjjHzdqXqTgJ:plg.uwaterloo.ca/~migod/uml.html+UMLet+Violet+ArgoUML+Rational-Rose+drawing-tool+Unified-Modeling-Language
Thanks for the tip. This is nearly perfect. I cannot figure out how to connect text to other objects, so that the text automatically moves along with the object.
I can group the object and the text, but then I have to ungroup if I want to edit the text. And if I group text with a line, the line loses its capability to follow connected objects.
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