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Organise flowchart information into functional divisions with swimlanes.
Add swimlanes to a flowchart
- From the CROSS-FUNCTIONAL FLOWCHART shapes stencil, select More Shapes > Flowchart.
- Drag a Swimlane shape onto the drawing page.
Drag another swimlane shape beside the first one, releasing it when you notice the connection indicator.

Change the title of a swimlane
- Double-click the swimlane label and enter in the latest one.
Change the size or position of a swimlane
- To alter the width of a swimlane, drag a separator line.
- To edit the length of a swimlane, drag the end line.
- To reposition a swimlane and the shapes it includes, pick the label and drag the swimlane to another location, and then release it once you notice the connection indicator.
- To erase a swimlane, choose it and press Delete.
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