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Add connected shapes with the Diagram tool

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Add connected shapes with the Diagram tool

The Diagram tool is another way to gain efficiency because it brings in some of the elements of the Rubber Stamp tool and the Style tool, but also allows you to work in the hierarchy creating new connected objects. Let's see how it works. My site map is getting pretty flushed out, but let's say I have some more pages to add, and I want to add them quickly and efficiently. The beauty of the Diagramming tool is that it does understand the hierarchy. And depending on what's selected, you will have different options when you start to add new shapes with the Diagram tool. So I'm going to start by selecting the home page, because that's going to matter. And now I'm going to move over to my Diagram tool, it's the first one in this Extended section of the toolbar. Just remember if you don't see it, you might have to extend your toolbar using this divider button. So now I take the Diagramming tool and because this is selected, anywhere that I click automatically creates a new child to this…

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