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<h2 id="integration-and-add-ons">Integration and Add-Ons</h2> <p>SmartDraw lets you add diagrams to <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Office/faD8vYG0">Microsoft Office</a> products including <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Word/HPSu5W4j">Word</a>, <a href="/facts/PowerPoint/putuX423">PowerPoint</a>, and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Excel/Ezal6G75">Excel</a> and <a href="/facts/Google_Workspace/emfwDelt">Google Workspace</a> applica like Google Docs and Google Sheets. </p><p>SmartDraw has apps for Atlassian's <a href="/facts/Confluence_(software)/K4NKthwd">Confluence</a>, <a href="/facts/Jira_(software)/7ly5Ty3T">Jira</a>, and <a href="/facts/Trello/WfGQ2AnE">Trello</a>. </p><p>SmartDraw lets users save files to Sharepoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box. </p><p>SmartDraw also integrates with <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Teams/w21lo6BU">Microsoft Teams</a> and can generate diagrams using data from Azure and AWS. </p> <h2 id="product-history">Product history</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Name and version</th><th>Supported OS</th><th>Languages</th></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>SmartDraw 1.0</td><td><a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a></td><td><a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>SmartDraw 2.0</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>SmartDraw 3.0</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>SmartDraw 4.0</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>SmartDraw 5.0</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English, Japanese, French, German</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>SmartDraw 6.0</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English, French, German</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>SmartDraw 7.0</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>SmartDraw 2007</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>SmartDraw 2008</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>SmartDraw 2009</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>SmartDraw 2010</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>SmartDraw VP</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>SmartDraw 2012</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>SmartDraw 2013</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>SmartDraw 2014</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>SmartDraw CI</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>SmartDraw 2016</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>SmartDraw Cloud</td><td>Microsoft Windows, Web client</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>SmartDraw 2017</td><td>Microsoft Windows</td><td>English</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>SmartDraw</td><td>Microsoft Windows, Web client</td><td>More than 100 different languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Urdu, Hindi, and more.</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>SmartDraw</td><td>Web-based platform only (Mac and Windows)</td><td>English</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="file-format">File Format</h2> <p>The following file extensions are specific to SmartDraw: </p> <ul><li>.SDR – SmartDraw Documents – a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw documents.</li> <li>.SDT – Smart/Draw Templates – a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw reusable document templates.</li> <li>.SDL – SmartDraw Libraries – a binary file format used for saving symbol libraries in SmartDraw.</li> <li>.SCZ – SmartDraw Collections – a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw collections.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Data_flow_diagram/kAJMEeJc">Data flow diagram</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Flowchart/BtNXBfUG">Flowchart</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software/bdcMsbfN">List of concept- and mind-mapping software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_concept_mapping_software/bdcMsbfN">List of concept mapping software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_UML_tools/SF0W2Fjm">List of UML tools</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mind_mapping/4ytd9gIw">Mind mapping</a></li> <li></li> <li><a href="/facts/Technical_drawing/WtTmaUwL">Technical drawing</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Visual_communication/IVRmdP0y">Visual communication</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.SmartDraw.com">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Cawley, Christian (2020-07-14). "SmartDraw review". TechRadar. Retrieved 2025-01-31. <a href="https://www.techradar.com/reviews/smartdraw" target="_blank">https://www.techradar.com/reviews/smartdraw</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"SmartDraw Cloud Review". PCMAG. 2016-11-23. Retrieved 2025-01-31. <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/smartdraw-cloud" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/smartdraw-cloud</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>