Create a canvas (this is at the bottom of the shapes dropdown) Insert, Shapes, New Drawing Canvas Note: make sure all objects are on the canvas Add a vertex Insert, Shapes, Oval Size the oval so that it has 8 connection points. Add a label to the vertex Insert, Textbox, Simple Text Box Delete the text in the text box Type A in the text box (the first vertex label) Format the text box Right click on the text box border Format Shape Fill & line, Line, No Line Fill, No Fill Move the text box near to the vertex Group the text box with the vertex Select the lable and the vertex Click on the text box Hold ctrl and click on the vertex Let up ctrl, vertext and text box xhould remain selected Right click on the vertex or text box Group, Group The vertex and text box will now be a single entity Add a line with an arrowhead Insert, Shapes, Line Arrow Right click to connect the line to a vertex connection point To move the connection point right click on the end of the line. Add a label to the line Same process as with the text box. Add another text box Select the text box and label Copy the objects and move to the required position Update the label Connect the end of the line to the new vertex Add a curved line Insert, Shapes, Connector: Curved Arrow Add a label Connect the ends and set the curve Continue copying and adding vertextes and lines to form the network. Another common format to set is the colour To copy the result into a document Load the snipping tool New Select the area to copy (this will copy the area to the clipboard) Paste the are into the document Result ImageWord document
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