Swim lanes  

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You can use swim lanes in a flowchart to distinguish responsibility for sub-processes of a process. Swim lanes can be arranged either horizontally or vertically. For more information about formatting swim lanes, see Work with  objects.

 

Insert swim lanes

  1. On the Insert tab, in the Objects group, click the Swim Lanes arrow, and then click either Horizontal Swim Lanes or Vertical Swim Lanes.

  2. Click in the map where you want the swim lanes, hold down the mouse button, and drag.
    The more you drag, the more swim lanes are created.

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Change the number of swim lanes

Do one of the following:

Right-click the swim lane, click Format Object, type the desired number of lanes in the Lanes box, and click Apply. or Right-click the swim lane, click Lanes, and choose the number of lanes you want.

Resize all swim lanes 

Do one of the following:

Right-click the swim lanes, click Format Object, and type the desired number of  pixels in the Height and Width boxes. or Click the swim lanes to display handles, and drag the handles.

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Resize a single swim lane

  1. Hover over a swim lane border until the cursor becomes a double arrow .

  1. Drag the border to resize the swim lane.

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