If you want to illustrate the reporting relationships in your company or organization, you can create a SmartArt graphic that uses an organization chart layout, such as Organization Chart, or you can use Microsoft Visio to create an organization chart. If you have Visio, you can read more about when Visio is the best way to create your organization chart. For instructions, see Create a Visio organization chart.
Overview of creating an organization chart
Use a SmartArt graphic to create an organization chart in Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, or Word to show the reporting relationships in an organization, such as department managers and non-management employees.
If you're unfamiliar with using SmartArt graphics, you might want to read the following articles before getting started on an organization chart:
Create an organization chart
- On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click SmartArt.
Example of the Illustrations group on the Insert tab in PowerPoint 2016Hackstore download. Sep 29, 2015 - HackStore for Mac, free and safe download. HackStore latest version: An AppStore alternative for developers. The HackStore is an alternative. - In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic gallery, click Hierarchy, click an organization chart layout (such as Organization Chart), and then click OK.
- To enter your text, do one of the following:
- Click in a box in the SmartArt graphic, and then type your text.Note: For best results, use this option after you add all of the boxes that you want.
- Click [Text] in the Text pane, and then type your text.
- Copy text from another location or program, click [Text] in the Text pane, and then paste your text.Notes:
- If the Text pane is not visible, click the control on the edge of the SmartArt graphic.
What else would you like to do?
Create an organization chart with pictures
- In your document, presentation, or spreadsheet, on the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click SmartArt.
Example of the Illustrations group on the Insert tab in PowerPoint 2016 - In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic gallery, click Hierarchy, click Picture Organization Chart or Circle Picture Hierarchy, and then click OK.
- To add a picture, in the box where you want to add the picture, click the picture icon, locate the folder that contains the picture that you want to use, click the picture file, and then click Insert.
- To enter your text, follow the instructions in step 3 of Create an organization chart.
Add or delete boxes in your organization chart
- Click the existing box that is located closest to where you want to add the new box.
- Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click the arrow next to Add Shape, and then do one of the following:Note: If you do not see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that you have selected the SmartArt graphic. You may have to double-click the SmartArt graphic to select it and open the Design tab.
- To insert a box at the same level as the selected box but following it, click Add Shape After.
- To insert a box at the same level as the selected box but before it, click Add Shape Before.
- To insert a box one level above the selected box, click Add Shape Above.The new box takes the position of the selected box, and the selected box and all the boxes directly below it are each demoted one level.
- To insert a box one level below the selected box, click Add Shape Below.
- To add an assistant box, click Add Assistant.The assistant box is added above the other boxes at the same level in the SmartArt graphic, but it is displayed in the Text pane after the other boxes at the same level.Add Assistant is available only for organization chart layouts. It is not available for hierarchy layouts, such as Hierarchy.
- When you need to add a box to your relationship graphic, experiment with adding the shape before or after the selected shape to get the placement you want for the new shape.
- To add a shape from the Text pane:
- At the shape level, place your cursor at the end of the text where you want to add a new shape.
- Press Enter, and then type the text that you want in your new shape.
- To add an assistant box, press Enter while an assistant box is selected in the Text pane.
- Although you cannot automatically connect two top-level boxes with a line in the organization chart layouts, such as Organization Chart, you can imitate this look by adding a box to the top level to your SmartArt graphic and then drawing a line to connect the boxes. (On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, select Shape, select a line, and then draw a line between the two boxes.) Learn more about drawing lines by reading Draw or delete a line or connector.
- To move a box, click the box that you want to move and then drag the box to its new location. To move or 'nudge' the box in very small increments, hold down Ctrl while you press the arrow keys on your keyboard.
Change a solid line to a dotted line
- Click the SmartArt graphic whose line you want to change.
- Right-click the line, and then click Format Shape on the shortcut menu.
- Click Line or Line Style, and then click the Dash type that you want.
Change the hanging layout of your organization chart
- Click the box in the organization chart that you want to apply a hanging layout to.
- Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the Create Graphic group, click Layout, and then do one of the following:Note: If you do not see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that you have selected a SmartArt graphic. You may have to double-click the SmartArt graphic to select it and open the Design tab.
- To center all of the boxes below the selected box, click Standard.
- To center the selected box above the boxes below it and arrange the boxes below it horizontally with two boxes in each row, click Both.
- To arrange the selected box to the right of the boxes below it and left-align the boxes below it vertically, click Left Hanging.
- To arrange the selected box to the left of the boxes below it and right-align the boxes below it vertically, click Right Hanging.
Change the colors of your organization chart
- Click the SmartArt graphic whose color you want to change.
- Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click Change Colors.If you don't see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that you've selected a SmartArt graphic.
- Click the color combination that you want.
Change the color of a box in your organization chart
- Right-click the border of a box, and then click Format Shape on the shortcut menu.
- Under Fill, click Solid fill.
- Click Color, and then click the color that you want.
- To specify how much you can see through the background color, move the Transparency slider, or enter a number in the box next to the slider. You can vary the percentage of transparency from 0% (fully opaque, the default setting) to 100% (fully transparent).
Add SmartArt Style effects to your organization chart
- Click the SmartArt graphic whose SmartArt Style you want to change.
- Under SmartArt Tools, on the Design tab, in the SmartArt Styles group, click the SmartArt Style that you want.To see more SmartArt Styles, click the More button .If you don't see the SmartArt Tools or Design tabs, make sure that you've selected a SmartArt graphic.
See Also
Last updated 2014-10-23
To create an organization chart to show the reporting relationships between individuals and groups in your organization, you can chose from several methods.
Depending on which Office 2013 program you want to use, here are your options:
Org chart tools | Applies to these Office 2013 programs | Description |
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Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, or Word | SmartArt Graphics let you create professional looking org charts with pictures and include them in your email, worksheets, documents, and presentations. SmartArt graphics work best if your org chart has 30 or fewer shapes. | |
PowerPoint | Get a head start on creating your next org chart, and download free, online org chart templates from Office.com. These org chart templates are pre-designed for people who don’t have a lot of time to create and format their charts. | |
Visio (sold separately) | Visio provides you with the largest number of tools and the greatest flexibility for creating sophisticated org charts for your organization. It works well for small or large org charts up to 1000 shapes and can import data from Excel or Exchange Server. For how-to information, see: | |
Excel, PowerPoint, or Word | Organization Chart is an add-in for Office programs that you can install and then add a chart to your document, presentation, or worksheet. There haven’t been any significant updates to this add-in since its release in PowerPoint 1995, and there are no plans to add any functionality in the future. Important: You cannot convert any new or existing org chart (created with the Organization Chart add-in) into a Smart Art graphic or Visio org chart. To create an org chart using this add-in, install Organization Chart add-in for Office. |