I am looking for free flow chart software which is relatively simple to use. any suggestions are appreciated.
I have used this in the past and it worked well for a free program http://www.gliffy.com/uses/flowchart-software/
Also consider https://grapholite.com/Designer (requires Silverlight. It's one of the showcase application for the technloogy linked from Microsoft Silverlight Web-site.) I wonder if something like this exists as "open source".
+1 thx to all of you for your suggestions I have decided to use openoffice.orgCalc it is also possible openoffice.orgwriter would suffice for my simple goals.
You are welcome! OpenOffice Calc is a solid choice. Like TIKITRADER I thought you wanted an orgnization/diagram chart, not a spreadsheet.
I expect to create boxes and connect them with arrows/lines. these goals are likely to be achieved. in the weekend wall street journal there was a flow chart based upon the change in pricing by netflix. the goal was I want to watch the social network. besides showing to to solve a problem with multiple solutions it was a work of art in itself. for some reason i cannot find it in the online edition to paste it to this thread. the wsj authors connected to the flowchart were sarah slobin and nick wingfield.