SmartDraw 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?
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By Kirk Starr
Being a professional graphic designer and illustrator, I am always leery of software that claims to allow anyone with a computer the ability to produce quality graphics quickly and easily. SmartDraw is just such a piece of software. Its proud claim that "anyone can create great-looking business graphics of all kinds in minutes, not hours" was an assertion I couldn't help but put to the test.
You may download a free trial version of SmartDraw 2008 from the TechRepublic software library. System requirements are IBM-compatible PC with Windows Vista, XP or 2000, 256MB RAM, and (preferably) 3GB free hard disk space.
Read a concise summary of SmartDraw's strengths and weaknesses in this blog post.
Being a professional graphic designer and illustrator, I am always leery of software that claims to allow anyone with a computer the ability to produce quality graphics quickly and easily. SmartDraw is just such a piece of software. Its proud claim that "anyone can create great-looking business graphics of all kinds in minutes, not hours" was an assertion I couldn't help but put to the test.
You may download a free trial version of SmartDraw 2008 from the TechRepublic software library. System requirements are IBM-compatible PC with Windows Vista, XP or 2000, 256MB RAM, and (preferably) 3GB free hard disk space.
Read a concise summary of SmartDraw's strengths and weaknesses in this blog post.
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 How is it at allowing you to make you own stencil objects?Wesley Jolly | 10/23/07 |
  Stencils and dxf exportDLMc | 11/14/07 |
| RE: The Right Tool for the Job? (SmartDraw 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?)jmarrapodi@... | 10/23/07 |
| RE: The Right Tool for the Job? (SmartDraw 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?)geoff.baxter@... | 10/23/07 |
| how i have to download this smartdraw?satish77733@... | 10/24/07 |
| how to download the trial versionCHRISTINEVT@... | 10/26/07 |
| RE: The Right Tool for the Job? (SmartDraw 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?)Stat-Man | 10/24/07 |
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