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How to draw a flowchart from text

Choose Insert › Insert flowchart from text, type Mermaid flowchart text (flowchart TD, then lines such as A[Dissolve] --> B[Stir]), and press Draw it.

Steps

  1. Choose Main menu › Insert › Insert flowchart from text.
  2. Type Mermaid flowchart text: a direction on the first line, then one step or arrow per line.
flowchart TD
A[Dissolve in methanol] --> B[Cool to 0 C]
B --> C[Add NaBH4]
C --> D[Quench with HCl]

Insert flowchart from text with four steps typed.Insert flowchart from text with four steps typed.

  1. Press Draw it.

    The flowchart drawn on the page, from Dissolve in methanol to Quench with HCl.The flowchart drawn on the page, from Dissolve in methanol to Quench with HCl.

TD on the first line draws it top to bottom. To turn an experimental paragraph into steps instead, see Procedure to steps.

Research and lab recordsHow to turn a procedure into stepsChoose Insert › Procedure to steps and paste the experimental paragraph. Each step is listed with its action, reagent, amounts and conditions; place it as a timeline or a flowchart.

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Last updated Nov 12, 2026