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Add diagrams to a Freeform board on iPad

You can add diagrams to a Freeform board.

Create a diagram

You can easily create a connected diagram, such as a flowchart, by using connectors and the shape picker in Freeform.

  1. Go to the Freeform app on your iPad.

  2. Open a board, or tap the New Board button to start a new one.

  3. Do one of the following:

    A diagram on a Freeform board, with connectors showing on a selected shape.

  4. To begin your diagram, add an item by tapping the Add Text Box button, the Add Shape button, the Add Sticky Note button, or the Insert button.

  5. Drag a connector arrow to where you want the next part of your diagram. When you let go, a small menu of shapes opens. Tap to select the next shape you want to add.

    (Tap the Other button to browse other shapes.)

    A diagram on a Freeform board with a new shape being added.

  6. Tap the Done button when you’re finished diagramming.

You don’t see connector arrows when you select a line or multiple items.

Tip: You can quickly add equally spaced, aligned shapes with connectors. Tap to select a shape, then touch and hold a connector arrow. As you hold, a preview of the shape and line appears. When you let go, the shape and line are added to the board.

Connect two items with a line

  1. Select two items on your board.

  2. Tap the More button in the formatting tools, then tap Add Connection Line.

Change connection points

After you add a connection line to a diagram on a Freeform board, you can change how it connects.

  1. Tap to select a connection line, then drag one of its endpoints (the blue dots).

  2. Attach the endpoint to another item on the board at a new connection point.

    You can attach a line to an item or (for some object types) near it. A filled circle appears when a connection is possible.

A connection point being changed in a diagram.
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