Well, there's MS Visio of course, but there's also SmartDraw - considerably cheaper than Visio, has all those sorts of diags, and from memory, plays well with Office. Details: http://www.smartdraw.com Rhonda Rhonda Bracey http://www.cybertext.com.au AuthorIT Certified Consultant [STC members: Vote 1 for Char James-Tanny for Secretary!] -----Original Message----- From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of "Bill" Bailey Sent: Fri 3/17/2006 9:30 AM To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Drawing Package to Intergrate With "MS" Products Request for advice and opinion. Presently working in VET/VTE as an elctrical trades teacher and often have a requirement to incorporate diagrams and or outline drawings of components and equipment with text for handouts, practicals, notes and presentations. Microsoft Office package is the available soft ware to produce such material. The MS Office embedded drawing functionality or using import or insert functions gives rise to problems. Can any one recommend a reasonable priced SW package, having an electrical bias (Symbols, Units, Clipart) that can be used easily, intergrates with MS "Office" suite and does not exhibit or create formatting problems? Thank You Derek (Bill) Bailey