Hi guys!

I've tried to search around the internet for some answers, but I can't really seem to find what I'm looking for...

It's really wierd and very specific, which is probably why I can't find anything on the internet...

I'm studying Japanese at the University of Copenhagen, and we're grammatically analyzing a lot of sentences, which can be very confusing from time to time.


My teacher shows some examples on her computer, which looks like this:

I want to do that, but in a more automated way or like a flowchart or something.
I just want it easier than to just type it out at different heights and draw a line over and over again... (which is how my teacher does it)

I've tried doing stuff in Excel, but can't quite get it to be what I want...

Then I tried using flowcharts in Word, but that was even more confusing and time consuming... It looks like this:

What I'm looking for might not even exist, but if you have any suggestions I'd really appreciate it

You found the tool in Word. It is called Smart Art.


There are a number of options available. The screenshot shows some of the "Relationship" patterns, others would be "Process" or "Hierarchy."