When subordinates report to a supervisor, you can list the subordinates beneath that supervisor in a variety of ways. In Standard layout, each subordinate appears horizontally beneath the supervisor. See Figure 24-17.

FIGURE 24-17
This is the standard layout for a branch of an organization chart.

However, in a large or complex organization chart, the diagram can quickly become too wide with the Standard layout. Therefore, there are “hanging” alternatives that make the chart more vertically oriented.

The alternatives are Both, Left Hanging, and Right Hanging. They are just what their names sound like. Figure 24-18 shows examples of Left Hanging (the people reporting to Ashley Colvin) and Right Hanging (the people reporting to Karen Weir).

The layout is chosen for individual branches of the organization chart, so before selecting an alternative layout, you must click on the supervisor box whose subordinates you want to change. To change a layout, follow these steps:

1. Click the box for the supervisor whose layout you want to change.
2. On the Design tab, click Layouts. A menu of layout options appears.
3. Choose one of the layouts (Standard, Both, Left Hanging, or Right Hanging).

FIGURE 24-18
Hanging layouts make the chart more vertically oriented.

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