Design Elements Flowchart

Creative Commons Image Panflute Flowchart by Jeremy Holmes at Flickr

Symbol	Shape Name	Symbol Description
Common Symbols
	Terminator	Shows start of a flowchart or its end.
	Process	Show a Process or action step. Indicates any processing function.
	Flow Line (Arrow, Connector)	Flow line connectors show the direction that the process flows
	Decision	Indicates a decision point between two or more paths in a flowchart.
	Document	This shape shows a Document in a flowchart.
	Connector	Indicates an inspection point.
	Data	Can represents any type of data in a flowchart.
	Delay	Indicates a delay in the process.
	Preparation	Indicates a modification to a process, such as setting a switch or initializing a routine.
	Subroutine	Indicates a predefined (named) process, such as a subroutine or a module.
	Off-page connector	Use this shape to create a cross-reference and hyperlink from a process on one page to a process on another page.