Yamataka Tools

Yamataka Tools: A set of tools to help build Yamataka / Waterfall charts from simple rectangles:

Add Shapes and Connectors: Displays the MS Office Autoshapes gallery. Right clicking on a shape and selecting “Lock Drawing Mode” will allow the User to draw multiple versions of the selected shape.

Size Proportional: Proportionately sets the height of the selected shapes in relation to the height of the first selected shape and its text while setting the width to be the same as the first shape.

Cascade:  Arranges the selected shapes (beginning with the first selected shape) into the basic cascade arrangement of a Yamataka or Waterfall chart. It takes into account whether or not the values in the rectangles are positive or negative and aligns the shapes appropriately. It also horizontally spaces the shapes based on the width of the first shape.

Add Summary Bar: Creates a rectangle with the sum of the values of the selected shapes as it's text value, sets the height and width relative to the 1st selected shape then aligns it's bottom to that shape.

Move Text Above:   Creates a text box above the selected rectangle with the rectangle's text and then deletes the original text in the rectangle.