Create An Organization Chart In Visio - Microsoft Support

Create a simple organization chart

When you want to create a small org chart with default information fields, follow these steps:

1. On the File tab, point to New, click Organization Chart, choose Metric Units or US Units and then select Create.

2. Select Cancel when you see the Organization Chart Wizard dialog box if you want to create only a simple org chart by yourself with default information fields.

3. The options on the Org Chart tab display various type of shapes, which you can use for members of your organization based on their positions.

   Note: For information about how to add more data to the shapes, see Add data to shapes.

4. To automatically connect the shapes, drag the subordinate shapes onto superior shapes according to your organization hierarchy, or you can choose to manually connect using the connector shapes. Type a name and title for each one and also add a picture of members if you want.

5. You can arrange the Layout of org chart, space between shapes, the height and width of shapes, using the various commands and options on the Org Chart tab.