Hello, I have to draw two key diagrams for my thesis. I'm wondering what package would be best to do this on that I might be able to access. Obviously most of the thesis is written in Word 2010 but I've found the diagram tools on there are not satisfactory. I don't need anything terribly complicated, but something a bit better than that I think. I need a funnel diagram and some influences acting on it from the left and right outside of the boxes of the funnel - shown by arrows and text. The funnel diagram on Word was too limited. I wondered if anyone could recommend appropriate software or other hints or tips. I also need to draw a flow diagram. Thanks very much for your help.

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While I have no experience of Office 2010 in most of the other versions PowerPoint was a lot more flexible than Word for basic graphics - may be worth a try.

Another vote for Powerpoint.

Thanks for this - I'm definitely going to investigate Powerpoint which should hopefully be easily compatible with the Word document!

SmartDraw is quite good. Hope that helps.

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When you come to put your diagrams into your Word doc from Powerpoint, experiment with the 'Paste special' option ('Ctrl+Alt+v' or 'Alt+e+s') to find the best way of doing it - some options allow further editing, some are better for rescaling etc.