I need to put some diagrams, timelines (which feature quite a lot of text), a few tables in my thesis. I've been using Word & PPT, but I'm just not happy with the quality.

Can anyone suggest a good, but simple, software program that produces professional looking diagrams etc. Or, alternatively would I be wise to pay for someone to do them for me? (I'm not technologically stupid, but I don't have the time to master a new program).


Thanks.

MS Visio is quite decent if you can get hold of a copy.

Visio's easily found (on the torrents). I'll put up a link if you want.

Thanks - I've heard of Visio but never used it or seen it. It is fairly simple to use?

Torrent would be great!

I'll also see if MS offers a trial version.

http://btjunkie.org/torrent/Microsoft-Office-Visio-Professional-2007-with-CD-Key/6354f8f0767ffb466173627e65e593c61be11dfc98bd

Try the above.