Tuesday more than 300 customers, partners and Visio community members gathered for Day 1 of Visio Conference 2008. Attendees were treated to an impressive array of partner solutions, product demonstrations and information-filled sessions. To top it all off, attendees got the first sneak peak at the next version of Microsoft Office Visio. …
Visio as a Business Process Analysis Tool
Visio had the opportunity to present at Microsoft’s SOA & BP conference last November on using Visio as a Business Process Analysis Tool. A video of that presentation is now available for viewing. Mark Nelson from the Visio team describes how Visio 2007 helps bring BPA to the masses through its in-box feature set and robust…
Images and the Dynamic Grid
A recent newsgroup post described a problem getting the Dynamic Grid feature to work with images. The user inserted pictures into their diagram and wanted the same alignment aids that Visio provides for regular shapes. This can be done with a small modification of the image shapes. First let’s look at the Dynamic Grid behavior…
Visio Toolbox Site
Microsoft has significantly updated its Visio product information on the web. Check out the new site at http://www.visiotoolbox.com. You will find articles, training and downloads that provide a wealth of information on Visio 2007. Those that found the previous IT Toolkit valuable will appreciate the free products and promotional offers on the site. Note that…
CAD Integration in Visio – Part 2
In the previous post we reviewed the problems users were encountering with the CAD Integration feature set in Visio 2003 and the fixes that were made in Visio 2007. In this post we look at the remaining issues with CAD and Visio. Converting CAD drawings to Visio shapes Visio 2003 changed the way…
CAD Integration in Visio – Part 1
Visio has long had the ability to display, import and export CAD drawings stored in the DWG and DXF file formats. If you are unfamiliar with the ways that Visio can work with CAD drawings, please read through this previous post. In Visio 2003 the CAD feature set was overhauled to improve performance and…
Visio 2007 Service Pack 1
It’s been about a year since the release of Visio 2007 and Office 2007, and Microsoft has now published Service Pack 1. Here is the download link for English. You can choose another language from this link as well. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=496BC7C1-ABD7-4BC7-8366-B8A4CC85803B&displaylang=en The goals of this service pack are to provide compatibility for upcoming releases such as…
Reminder About Visio Conference 2008
The Early Bird registration for the 2008 Visio Conference ends November 30. Sign up by then for a discounted rate. More information about the specific agenda, tracks and sessions is now available on www.msvisioconference.com. In addition to the general sessions, there are tracks for Business Solutions, Solution Developers and End Users. Find out how to…
New Visio Blog
Things have been quiet here for a bit because the product team is heads down on development. In the meantime a new blog has joined the Visio community that you might be interested in. http://visualsignals.typepad.co.uk/vislog/ John Goldsmith is the author and a frequent newsgroup poster. John hopes to cover common problems discussed on the newsgroups…
Register for the 2008 Visio Conference
It’s time to make plans to attend the 2008 Visio Conference, the premier gathering event for the Visio community. The Visio Conference is your chance to interact with fellow enthusiasts from around the globe including Visio partners, MVPs and the product team as well. The last conference was held in January 2006. Those that attended…