Past Reviews

About.com

"4.5 out of 5 stars! A slick and immensely versatile program that helps you easily create various drawings from flow charts to floor plans." July 2007
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Washington Times

"Every once in a while a software program comes along that really grabs me. SmartDraw 2007 is one." January 2007
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ITProjectGuide Blog

"I'm VERY IMPRESSED with (SmartDraw's) depth, design and usability. I would highly recommend this as a replacement for both MS Project and Visio."
February 2008
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SD Times

"Business graphics software creator SmartDraw.com is giving users more flexibility to customize charts and graphs." February 2008
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

SmartDraw proved to be easy to use and more than packed with useful items to create great projects efficiently. The vast array of chart and graphic templates provides a major jumping-off point for all kinds of projects, especially organizational charts, which always seem to be the hardest to start."
January, 2008
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The Toronto Star

"SmartDraw includes hundreds of templates for everything from house layouts to floor plans to flow charts." January 2008

Business Tech Edge Magazine

"SmartDraw delivers attention-grabbing, professional graphics to enhance presentations, services, and your overall business appearance. SmartDraw software enables the busy business user to create projects with a powerful impact quickly." April 2008
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Small Business Computing

"It's a good bet this program could help just about any small company create its own business graphics." September 2007
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Selling Power Magazine

"SmartDraw takes a different approach…the result is a polished, presentation-quality graphic in about the time it would have to plug numbers into a spreadsheet."
April 2008

InvestmentNews

"With (SmartDraw,) advisers can create flowcharts, accounting forms, data flow diagrams and more, all of it done through a drag-and-drop interface."
September 2007
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Training Media Review

"It's a superior tool for creating business graphics for a stunningly large number of purposes." May 2007
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Mobile Enterprise

"SmartDraw is full of templates and graphics to help you create professional-quality business presentations." April 2007

Portable Computing Magazine

Editor's Choice - "A Great graphics program for documents and presentations." April 2007

TabletPCReview.com

"SmartDraw makes it possible for anyone to create professional quality business graphics such as flowcharts, org charts, Gantt charts, time-lines, floor plans and more in minutes." January 2007
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Financial Times

"[SmartDraw] ... the easiest to use and most powerful business graphics package I have come across." November 2006
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Presentations Magazine

SmartDraw: 9 out of 10 - "We found SmartDraw to be an impressive diagramming tool." March, 2005
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Larkware Reviews

"SmartDraw is one program that I consistently turn to for business graphics, thanks to an easy to use interface and a huge library of handy symbols."
March, 2005
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PM Network Magazine

"SmartDraw is a friendlier, yet still powerful, diagramming alternative to Visio^®." February, 2005
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Desktop Pipeline

"If you need to create a professional-quality flowchart or diagram in a minimum amount of time...[SmartDraw has] been my diagramming program of choice for years."
February, 2005
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ADT Magazine

"SmartDraw is a drawing program that features an amazing variety of built-in symbols and impressive ease-of-use at an excellent price." November, 2004
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"I'd rate SmartDraw very high on ease of use...and, it's cost-effective." December, 2003
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SmartDraw in Quality Management

Quality Magazine

"New flowcharting capabilities are designed for ease of use to facilitate process improvement."
May 2007
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Federal Computing Week

"Mind-mapping software jumps in to help you organize your thoughts and activities." May 2007
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Quality Magazine

"I was impressed by the tool’s rich set of templates and huge collection of symbols, especially when it comes to business process management, or BPM,” DeMoville says. June 2005

FCW.COM

"SmartDraw was a quick way to draw and make [presentations] nice for somebody, instead of doing it by hand." March 2005
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Quality Magazine

"Paul Stannard, CEO of SmartDraw.com, says one of the biggest benefits of flowcharts is their ability to be a communications tool. Most people, if they see a multi-step process reduced to a simple flowchart, they can understand it and see the big picture better than if someone described it to them." July 2004

Quality Magazine

"I saw from the get-go that SmartDraw was going to be easy to use," says Wedge. "I was convinced after using the trial." Thanks to SmartDraw, Ametek APT was on its way to achieving ISO 9001: 2000 certification. April 2004

Advance for Administrators of the Lab

"SmartDraw makes it easy to create all kinds of diagrams for use in a lab setting." May 2003
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SmartDraw in Real Estate

Commercial Investment Real Estate

"With more than 20,000 images and dozens of templates, SmartDraw's automated graphic design function allows users to easily create their plans." January 2008
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REM, Real Estate Magazine

"SmartDraw includes hundreds of real estate templates including floor plans." December 2007

Arizona Realtor Digest Online

"Spend less time on the phone describing the interior of the home, and more time selling."
February 2005
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Realtor Magazine Online

"SmartDraw software walks you through the design process, providing thousands of graphics so that you can add furniture and plants to help potential buyers visualize a space. The software is also a great tool for landscape design or for creating building layouts to give to commercial or apartment tenants." November 2004
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SmartDraw in Education

Scholastic Administrator

"Create professional-looking classroom materials with SmartDraw 2008. Whether it's reading a poster, a chart of the water cycle, or a tour of the beaches of Normandy, SmartDraw helps teachers quickly produce imaginative and lively graphics." January 2008

Learning Magazine

"SmartDraw helps you create professional-looking materials in just a few minutes." January 2008

Learning and Leading with Technology Magazine

"SmartDraw has immense potential in the classroom, both as a tool for teachers and for students." December/January 2008

University Business Magazine

"SmartDraw 2008 by SmartDraw.com creates presentation quality graphics and illustrations within minutes." December 2007

Curriculum Review

"The program allows educators, administrators and students to make flowcharts, decision trees, mind maps and more in minutes." November 2007

Teaching K-8

"With easy-to-use features, beginning users get tips each time they try something new." March 2005
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Instructor

"'Appealing' templates and tutorials help teachers create quizzes, worksheets, seating charts and more. 'Quite a time-saver.'" October 2004

Education World

"Recently, Education World reviewers checked out SmartDraw and found a myriad of uses for the software, both in their personal and professional lives. Reviewers rated the software on a scale of 1-4 and shared their thoughts about the program's strengths and weaknesses."March 2003
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SmartDraw in Finance

Financial Advisor Magazine

"One of the hottest topics among financial advisors this year appears to be the workflow…(SmartDraw) is packaged with hundreds of other templates for all types of business graphics." November 2007
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Financial Executive

SmartDraw turns "the user into an instant expert on creating financial and accounting diagrams."
August 2007
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Strategic Finance

"You can begin with predesigned charts and drawing templates, and with much the process no more difficult than drag, drop, resize, and label—professional results are available even to novices." January 2005

Web CPA

"SmartDraw 7 has been made even easier to use, with over 30 new Wizards, 60,000 available symbols and templates, and plenty of enhancements to each of the types of charts and diagrams that the program makes." 2005
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Strategic Finance Magazine

"Besides the graphic tools, SmartDraw has powerful text editing." April, 2003
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SmartDraw in Law

ABA Journal

"SmartDraw, the leading legal graphics and timeline software, is a mature, functional product. [SmartDraw] has been honed with user input over several years." March 2008
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The Daily Record

"Even a graphic illiterate like me can use SmartDraw to do a lot of useful work…Making one set of jury exhibits would easily allow the program to pay for itself." November 2007

The Police Chief

"The SmartDraw Legal Edition features a rich selection of SmartTemplates and symbols designed specifically to help law enforcement personnel create crime scene diagrams, accident reconstructions, timelines, and other charts and diagrams in just minutes." November 2007

Law Enforcement Product News

"SmartDraw Legal Edition helps users create presentation-quality legal graphics in just minutes." November 2007

TechnoLawyer

"Admit it: When you argue your case in the courtroom, you strive for a Perry Mason moment, though perhaps without the cheesy soundtrack. One of the best tools for making a jury (or judge) say "Aha!" is demonstrative evidence. And like everything nowadays, even mere mortals like you can create such evidence yourself using software like SmartDraw Legal Edition 2008 from SmartDraw.com."
November 2007

Law Practice Magazine

"Hundreds of new specialized templates automate the creation of every type of legal graphic, including evidence charts, timelines, case chronologies, crime scenes and forensics." October/November 2007

Police Magazine

"The SmartDraw 2008 Legal Edition enables ordinary computer users to create presentation-quality legal graphics in minutes." October 2007

Legal Assistant Today

"I recommend SmartDraw for all your drawing needs and to create exemplary diagrams and graphics." July/August 2007
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Lawyer's Weekly USA

"Lawyers and paralegals are drawn to SmartDraw by its graphic breadth and user-friendliness." June 2007

California Lawyer

"(An) example of getting it right is SmartDraw 2007 Legal Edition...SmartDraw's simple interface disguises a powerful graphics program..." April 2007
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FutureLawyer.com

"All in all, you can now take control of your graphic exhibit creation for a very small cost. What's not to like?" January 2007
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Technolawyer

"Every once in a while, a product comes along that creates a new category in the legal market. The SmartDraw Legal Solution is such a product - the only illustration software designed from the ground up for lawyers." March 14, 2006
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Law Office Computing

"A treasure trove of tools and techniques. No matter what the practice area, SmartDraw's convenient and easy-to-use reservoir of drawing templates and editing capabilities are without equal." October 2005
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Technolawyer

"To more effectively communicate legal concepts, you could hire an artist to create snazzy, professional graphics and demonstrative evidence. Or you could save a lot of money by using SmartDraw Legal Solution instead." June 15, 2005

Law Technology News

"SmartDraw helps paralegals and lawyers make diagrams for trial exhibits, case management and more." June 2005
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Law Practice Management (ABA)

"Even first-time users can create perfect legal diagrams in minutes." June 2005
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Law Office Computing Magazine

"Create top-notch evidence charts, presentations, timelines and crime scene reconstructions."
Dec/Jan 2004

Evidence Technology Magazine

"Crime-scene diagrams, accident reconstructions, evidence charts...completely updated content." Nov/Dec 2004
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Journal of Property Management

"SmartDraw includes hundreds of crime scene and accident graphics." September 2004

Law Enforcement Technology

"SmartDraw includes hundreds of crime and accident graphics for use in investigations, presentations, courtroom proceedings, and more. July 2004
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The Lawyer's PC

"Useful artistic creations require only a few mouseclicks, drags and drops." May 2004
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SmartDraw in Engineering and Design

EC&M Magazine

"SmartDraw 2008.2 features enhanced charts and graphs, new shortcuts, and more than 1,000 new symbols and 100 new templates." April 2008
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Machine Design

"As a marine electrician, I previously used colored pens to hand-draw electrical schematics for the custom sport-fishing boats our film builds. With SmartDraw, I can pump out detailed and accurate drawings in just a couple of hours." November 2007
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Contractor Magazine

"A handy tool in or out of the office, it facilitates fast presentation-quality floor plans, timelines, Gantt charts, presentation graphics, and drawing plans." March 2007
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Machine Design

"One rule of lean design is that you don't reinvent "wheels." If a component exists, use it. SmartDraw V7 software accommodates this idea with hundreds of already-drawn components that users drag and drop into flowcharts, organizational charts, floor plans, Gantt charts, calendars, and technical diagrams." June 2005
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Mechanical Engineer Magazine

"With [SmartDraw], engineers can now create their technical drawings on their own computers."
March 2005
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Cadalyst

"SmartDraw makes money!...Make scaled technical drawings without spending thousands of dollars—or years of training—on AutoCAD." February 2005
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EE Product News

"SmartDraw flattens the learning curve."
September 2004
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Washington Technology

"A straight-forward design tool." November 2003
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SD Times

"If a picture is worth a thousand words, SmartDraw can save 50 million." December, 2002
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SmartDraw in Healthcare

Practice Manager Magazine

"SmartDraw is the first program to automate the process of creating business graphics and helps users create project charts, Gantt charts, bar graphs, and pie charts as well as schedules and forms for project management in healthcare organizations." March 2008

Health Facilities Management

"SmartDraw contains thousands of medical images and graphics, and templates to help users can create diagrams in minutes." March 2008
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Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry

"Manufacturers can use SmartDraw to create graphics such as flowcharts, organizational charts, floor plans, forms and timelines. Users start with a template that is specifically designed to create the illustration needed." March 2008

Medical Design News

"[SmartDraw] automates the task of creating healthcare graphics including patient handouts, anatomical diagrams, treatment protocols, timelines, flowcharts, and more." March 2008
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EndoNurse Magazine

"Now healthcare professionals can create patient handouts, anatomical-diagrams, healthcare facility floor plans, case management timelines, and more in just minutes." January 2008

Health Management Technology

"The 2008 edition features more than 3,000 medical illustrations, more than 1,000 templates as well as images from the medical publisher Elsevier."
December 2007

Orthopedics Today

"The SmartDraw 2008 Healthcare Edition is the first program to automate the creation of healthcare graphics." November 2007

Medical Imaging Magazine

"SmartDraw offers unlimited access to medical illustrations." October 2007
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GTPCC.ORG

"I suggest any healthcare company that has yet to standardize on a drawing program strongly consider SmartDraw 7 Healthcare Solutions as their charting and diagramming program of choice." April 2006
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AuntMinnie.com

"On the whole, the ease-of-use and intuitive navigation of SmartDraw makes this product superior to any graphics and drawing application that I have used in the past 18 years." February 2005
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Medical Design News

"Detailed textbook-quality anatomical, emergency, and medical clip art images." March 2003
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Skin & Aging

"This graphically-enhanced software provides visual feedback to you and your patients." February, 2003
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SmartDraw in Sports

Coach and Athletic Director Magazine

"Helps even the most artistically-challenged create useful diagrams." Sept. 2004
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Create polished-looking play diagrams." Sept. 2004
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Other Reviews

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

"SmartDraw 6 Professional Plus is one of the best deals I've seen in the way of drawing programs. The ease of use and vast amount of features and samples leave the user with all kinds of creative possibilities."
April 2002
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Innovation Tools

"SmartDraw 6 is, in my estimation, the best business diagramming software on the market today. The company has paid a lot of attention to ease of use and awesome power and functionality." April 2, 2002
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Smart Computing Magazine

"With its reasonable $69 price tag, versatility, numerous tools, and user-friendly setup, SmartDraw ranks high in our roundup—so far that it earned our Smart Choice award. If you want to create flowcharts and diagrams, this is one program you'll definitely want to check out."
April 2001
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Softseek

"SmartDraw's ease of use makes it particularly suitable for users who need to create professional quality drawings quickly and simply, without having to invest time in learning to use a complex application."
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Quality-Shareware

"A seriously impressive piece of software—no standard graphics package can compete with this combination of speed, ease of use and quality of output." March, 1999
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FileMine

Five "Picks" (Highest Rating) - "SmartDraw provides all the features you expect in a drawing package, wrapping them up in an easy-to-use interface with complete online help and hundreds of automatic hints and tips to get you started." April, 1997
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PC Plus Magazine (UK)

Gold Award, Verdict: 10/10 - "Anyone who wants professional quality illustrations in their documents but can't justify the investment of time and money on a high powered graphics program could be in luck. SmartDraw may be what you are looking for."
April, 1995
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Dr. FileFinder's Picks

"SmartDraw is really wonderful for someone like me who tends to be what I call "graphically challenged." In other words, I can't draw and I'm not good with graphics. But even I can use SmartDraw and get some pretty impressive results!" 2002
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Dr. FileFinder's Picks

"I look at a lot of shareware and SmartDraw is a joy to work with. It has excellent features and some unique things that make it truly special. While aimed at creating business graphics, it can also be of value to the home user. Classy programming, an intuitive interface, and extra help for beginners all go together to make this a winner." 1995
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*SmartDraw 3.0, Reprinted from PC Magazine, March 25, 1997, with permission. Copyright© 1997 Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. All Rights Reserved.

**SmartDraw Pro 2.02, Reprinted from PC Magazine, January 23, 1996, with permission. Copyright© 1996 Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. All Rights Reserved.

***SmartDraw Pro 1.03, Reprinted from PC Magazine, July 1995, with permission. Copyright© 1995 Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. All Rights Reserved.