MICROSOFT VISIO 2007

By ISABELLA ROBINSON

ABOUT THIS BOOK CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHAT YOU’RE NOT TO READ FOOLISH ASSUMPTIONS HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: STARTING WITH VISIO 2007 BASICS PART II: CREATING VISIO DRAWINGS PART III: TAKING YOUR DRAWINGS TO THE NEXT LEVEL PART IV: ADVANCING YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF VISIO PART V: THE PART OF TENS ABOUT THE WEB SITE ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHERE TO GO FROM HERE GETTING THE SCOOP ON VISIO COMPARING VISIO PRODUCTS A QUICK PEEK AT SOME VISIO FEATURES WHAT’S NEW IN VISIO 2007? FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH VISIO LINGO UNDERSTANDING THE VISTA DIFFERENCE THE GRAPHICAL INTERFACE DIFFERENCE HELPFUL USER INTERFACE CHANGES UNDERSTANDING THE SECURITY FEATURES JUMPING HEAD FIRST INTO VISIO GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE VISIO SCREEN CHECKING OUT THE MENUS WORKING WITH TOOLBARS GETTING HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT USING GENERAL HELP DON’T FORGET TOOLTIPS CLOSING VISIO CREATING A DRAWING THE STANDARD WAY UNDERSTANDING THE VISIO DRAWING CATEGORIES WORKING WITH STENCILS MOVING AND ARRANGING STENCILS CLOSING STENCILS OPENING ADDITIONAL STENCILS SELECTING A POINTER TOOL BUTTON WORKING WITH SHAPES ADDING A SHAPE TO A DRAWING SELECTING A SHAPE SELECTING MORE THAN ONE SHAPE AT A TIME NAVIGATING THROUGH A DRAWING ZEROING IN ON A DRAWING USING THE ZOOM BUTTON USING THE PAN & ZOOM WINDOW USING DRAWING EXPLORER SAVING DRAWINGS SAVING A DRAWING THE FIRST TIME SETTING UP AUTOSAVE SAVING A DRAWING AS A TEMPLATE SAVING A DRAWING IN ANOTHER FILE FORMAT USING A VISIO WIZARD TO CREATE A DRAWING OPENING DRAWINGS UNDERSTANDING HOW VISIO PRINTS PREPARING TO PRINT CHECKING THE PRINTER PAPER AND DRAWING PAGE SIZES PREVIEWING YOUR DRAWING A CLEAR VIEW IN PRINT PREVIEW PRINTING YOUR DRAWING ADDING HEADERS AND FOOTERS TO A DRAWING PRINTING GRIDLINES PRINTING PART OF A DRAWING REDUCING AND ENLARGING PRINTED DRAWINGS ALTERING THE PRINT SCALE OF A DRAWING PRINTING OVERSIZED DRAWINGS USING ONLINE PRINTING SERVICES PRINTING TO SCALE SETTING SHAPES NOT TO PRINT PRINTING REVIEWERS’ COMMENTS PRINTING A BACKGROUND SEPARATELY PRINTING LAYERS SEPARATELY DISCOVERING WHAT’S IN A SHAPE EXAMINING OPEN AND CLOSED SHAPES COMPARING ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES DISPLAYING ALL OF THE SHAPE HANDLES MOVING SHAPES NUDGING SHAPES COPYING AND PASTING SHAPES SIZING UP YOUR SHAPES DELETING SHAPES CONTROLLING SHAPES ADJUSTING SHAPES USING CONTROL HANDLES ADJUSTING SHAPES USING CONTROL POINTS SHAPING CORNERS ROTATING SHAPES INTO PLACE MODIFYING ARCS USING ECCENTRICITY HANDLES USING CONNECTION POINTS USING AUTOMATIC CONNECTION POINTS FINDING THE SHAPES YOU WANT JAZZING UP YOUR DRAWINGS LOADING STENCILS FROM OTHER TEMPLATES USING THE VISIO EXTRAS STENCIL SHAPES USING THEMES UNDERSTANDING TEXT BLOCKS ADDING TEXT TO A DRAWING WORKING WITH TEXT AND TEXT BLOCKS EDITING TEXT COPYING AND PASTING TEXT MOVING A TEXT BLOCK RESIZING A TEXT BLOCK CHANGING ALIGNMENT ADJUSTING MARGINS USING TABS IN A TEXT BLOCK CREATING BULLETED LISTS CREATING NUMBERED LISTS SETTING THE INDENTATION AND SPACING OF TEXT CHANGING THE WAY YOUR TEXT LOOKS CHANGING THE FONT, SIZE, COLOR, AND STYLE OF TEXT CHOOSING A BACKGROUND COLOR FOR A TEXT BLOCK PAINTING THE FORMATTING TO OTHER TEXT ROTATING TEXT DISCOVERING CONNECTORS WORKING WITH CONNECTION POINTS ADDING CONNECTION POINTS TO A SHAPE DELETING A CONNECTION POINT USING THE AUTOMATIC CONNECTION FEATURE APPLYING GLUE (WITHOUT THE MESS) CHOOSING STATIC OR DYNAMIC GLUE IDENTIFYING GLUE TYPES SWITCHING FROM ONE GLUE TO THE OTHER SETTING GLUE OPTIONS GLUING CONNECTORS TO SHAPES CONNECTING SHAPES AS YOU DRAG THEM DRAWING CONNECTORS USING THE CONNECTOR TOOL SAVING TIME WITH THE CONNECT SHAPES FEATURE CHOOSING A CUSTOM CONNECTOR TO CONNECT SHAPES DRAGGING CONNECTOR SHAPES INTO YOUR DRAWING MOVING CONNECTORS MANAGING CONNECTORS HANDLING CONNECTORS THAT CROSS PATHS PERFORMING CHANGES ON SINGLE CONNECTIONS QUICKLY LAYING OUT SHAPES AUTOMATICALLY ALL ABOUT MEASUREMENTS AND PLACEMENT TOOLS USING THE DRAWING GRID USING DYNAMIC GRID SETTING DRAWING SCALE SNAPPING SHAPES INTO PLACE MEASURING UP WITH RULERS USING GUIDE LINES AND GUIDE POINTS CREATING GUIDE LINES CREATING GUIDE POINTS ALIGNING AND DISTRIBUTING SHAPES CREATING UNIQUE SHAPES THE FUN WAY UNITING SHAPES COMBINING SHAPES FRAGMENTING SHAPES INTERSECTING SHAPES SUBTRACTING SHAPES RESTACKING SHAPES DRAWING YOUR OWN SHAPES DRAWING WITH THE LINE TOOL DRAWING WITH THE PENCIL TOOL DRAWING WITH THE ARC TOOL CREATING IRREGULAR SHAPES WITH THE FREEFORM TOOL CREATING SHAPES WITH THE ELLIPSE TOOL AND RECTANGLE TOOL MANIPULATING SHAPES MOVING AND ADDING VERTICES MOVING CONTROL POINTS ROTATING SHAPES FLIPPING SHAPES ADDING STYLE TO YOUR SHAPES CHANGING LINE STYLE ADDING FILL COLOR, PATTERN, AND SHADOW COPYING FORMATS REFORMATTING A SHAPE CREATING NEW THEME COLORS CREATING NEW THEME EFFECTS COPYING NEW THEMES MANAGING SHAPES BY GROUPING CREATING GROUPS EDITING A GROUP ADDING A SHAPE TO A GROUP REMOVING A SHAPE FROM A GROUP ADDING TEXT TO GROUPED SHAPES THE ROLE OF THE TEMPLATE REORIENTING A PAGE SETTING A PAGE SIZE ADDING AND DELETING PAGES IN A DRAWING WORKING WITH MULTIPLE PAGES GETTING FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER DISPLAYING MULTIPLE PAGES AT ONCE REORDERING PAGES RENAMING PAGES VIEWING ON THE BIG SCREEN WHAT’S IN A BACKGROUND? CREATING AND ASSIGNING A BACKGROUND PAGE UNASSIGNING A BACKGROUND PAGE DISPLAYING A BACKGROUND PAGE EDITING A BACKGROUND PAGE USING A BACKGROUND SHAPE ROTATING PAGES GETTING THE ESSENTIAL FACTS ON LAYERS AND LAYERING WORKING WITH LAYERS TOOLBARS FOR WORKING WITH LAYERS ADDING A LAYER AND REMOVING ONE RENAMING A LAYER HIDING A LAYER ASSIGNING SHAPES TO LAYERS DETERMINING WHICH LAYER A SHAPE IS ASSIGNED TO ACTIVATING LAYERS USING LAYERS ON BACKGROUND PAGES PROTECTING LAYERS FROM CHANGES ASSIGNING A COLOR TO A LAYER SELECTING LAYERS TO PRINT SNAP AND GLUE OPTIONS FOR LAYERS USING THE STENCIL TOOLBAR USING A DOCUMENT STENCIL CREATING A CUSTOM STENCIL NAMING MASTER SHAPES ON A CUSTOM STENCIL ADDING MASTER SHAPES TO A CUSTOM STENCIL DELETING MASTER SHAPES FROM A CUSTOM STENCIL CREATING A CUSTOM ICON CREATING A CUSTOM TEMPLATE STORING DATA IN VISIO SHAPES ENTERING CUSTOM SHAPE DATA EDITING CUSTOM PROPERTY FIELDS REPORTING ON DATA STORED IN VISIO SHAPES USING A PREDEFINED REPORT CREATING A CUSTOM REPORT CUSTOMIZING SHAPE BEHAVIOR CHANGING A SHAPE FROM 2-D TO 1-D SETTING A SHAPE’S GROUP BEHAVIOR SETTING A SHAPE’S DOUBLE-CLICK BEHAVIOR PROTECTING YOUR WORK PREVENTING SHAPES FROM BEING CHANGED KEEPING DRAWINGS SECURE DISCOVERING MARKUP TOOLS ADDING COMMENTS TO A DRAWING HOW MARKUP TRACKING WORKS WORKING WITH MARKUP USING THE REVIEWING TOOLBAR AND THE TASK PANE ADDING MARKUP TO A DRAWING VIEWING MARKUP IN A DRAWING INCORPORATING MARKUP CHANGES IN A DRAWING DELETING MARKUP USING DIGITAL INK SELECTING AN INK TOOL USING INK TOOLS CHANGING DIGITAL INK SHAPES TO GEOMETRY CHANGING DIGITAL-INK SHAPES TO TEXT USING FILES FROM OTHER PROGRAMS IN VISIO GENERATING DRAWINGS FROM DATA STORED IN NON-VISIO FILES CREATING AN ORGANIZATION CHART FROM EXISTING DATA CREATING A GANTT CHART BY IMPORTING DATA CREATING A CALENDAR BY IMPORTING OUTLOOK APPOINTMENTS INCORPORATING VISIO SHAPES AND DRAWINGS IN NON-VISIO DOCUMENTS LINKING SHAPES AND DRAWINGS EMBEDDING SHAPES IN DRAWINGS HYPERLINKING SHAPES AND DRAWINGS EXPORTING AND IMPORTING SHAPES AND DRAWINGS USING VISIO VIEWER TO SHARE VISIO DRAWINGS SAVING VISIO DRAWINGS FOR THE WEB PUBLISHING YOUR DRAWING IN XPS FORMAT CREATING DATA LINKS TO SQL SERVER AND SPREADSHEETS USING THE DATA LINK FEATURE USING THE DATA GRAPHICS FEATURE WORKING WITH THE PIVOTDIAGRAM FEATURE ROTATING SHAPES TO A SPECIFIC ANGLE CENTERING A DRAWING BEFORE PRINTING RESIZING A PAGE TO FIT THE CONTENT OF A DRAWING CREATING A DRAWING THAT SPANS SEVERAL PAGES SAVING A COMPANY LOGO AS A STENCIL SHAPE CREATING AND ADDING A BACKGROUND DESIGN TO A DRAWING ADJUSTING THE TRANSPARENCY OF SHAPES AND TEXT IN A DRAWING ADDING THE SAME SHAPE OR IMAGE TO ALL PAGES IN A DRAWING UNLOCKING A SHAPE COPYING FORMATTING FROM ONE SHAPE TO ANOTHER VISIOCAFE MICROSOFT VISIO DESIGN-DRAWING VISIO THE BLOG CISCO SYSTEMS DELL MICROSOFT VISIO HOME PAGE NICK FINCK CONCEPTDRAW ABC AMBER CONVERSION AND MERGING SOFTWARE