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• 10 ways to be more efficient in the new Visio

  25 Sep 2012

  The new Visio has a variety of improvements designed to make your diagramming experience easier and more fluid. Below is a list of 10 new ways you can be more efficient in the new Visio. Give them a try the next time you create a diagram and see how much time you save. If you don't yet have the Visio...
• How to add reflection, glow, rotation and other effects to your Visio shapes

  16 Aug 2012

  One of the many tools you’ll find in the new Visio to help you make your diagrams look modern and professionally designed is the addition of shape effects. If you’ve used effects like shadow or reflection in PowerPoint you’re already familiar with how effects can add visual impact to...
• Flowcharts in under a minute

  8 Dec 2010

  Visio has several features that are designed to make it easy to create a diagram quickly. Here are three examples of ways to help you create a simple flowchart in under a minute. Example 1: Capture a flow quickly Let’s assume you have a pretty clear idea of what the steps are that you want to diagram...
• How to create a strategy map using containers

  17 Sep 2010

  The new Containers feature in Visio 2010 is great for adding structure and organization to Visio diagrams. In this post, we’ll walk through the creation of one diagram, the strategy map , which is easy to make using containers. The strategy map A strategy map is a way for companies to document...
• Need help finding commands in the new Visio 2010 ribbon?

  11 Aug 2010

  In Visio 2010, we completely revamped the Visio user interface and adopted the Office Fluent UI or the “Ribbon”. With the Office Fluent UI, Visio’s extensive capabilities are organized into logical, easy to find groups that help you accomplish tasks efficiently. The breakdown of each...
• No Code Mashups with Visio Services and Web Part Connections

  5 Feb 2010

  Visio Services allows you to view Visio diagrams in SharePoint, and the Visio Web Access web part allows you to embed those diagrams on a web part page . This post examines how you can turn those diagrams into interactive mashups without having to write any code. SharePoint allows you to display multiple...
• SharePoint Workflow Authoring in Visio Premium 2010 (Part 2)

  19 Jan 2010

  Workflow design often takes a lot of communication and collaboration. Business stakeholders may send IT professionals business flowcharts to further automate as workflows. On the flip-side, once the IT professional has implemented the workflow, he/she may want to store the workflow as a Visio diagram...
• Wireframe Shapes in Visio 2010

  22 Dec 2009

  Visio has long been regarded by interaction designers and information architects as an essential tool in their work. Many software wireframes (aka software mockups) are built using Visio, and they can range from mobile software, interactive web sites, to enterprise application software. In the past,...
• BPMN support in Visio 2010

  3 Dec 2009

  Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standard maintained by the Object Management Group which gives businesses the ability to understand their business processes using a graphical notation and to communicate these processes in a uniform manner. The basic BPMN shapes are similar to traditional...
• Subprocesses and Hyperlinks

  30 Nov 2009

  You may recall that simplifying Process Management is one of the core areas we focused on in Visio 2010. Many Visio users build large process diagrams and a common tactic is to segment them into manageable, reusable pieces. Typically, processes are broken down into parts on different pages within the...
• SharePoint Workflow Authoring in Visio Premium 2010 (Part 1)

  23 Nov 2009

  Visio has long been the tool of choice for documenting processes. Ever since the introduction of workflow support in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, we have been hearing from customers, “wouldn’t it be great to visualize SharePoint workflows in Visio like flowcharts? Wouldn’t...