Every once in a while a new feature idea comes along that is so unique and compelling that it revolutionizes the way people work. Insert Text Box is not such a feature. Adding text to a diagram is nothing new in Visio. However, usability studies have shown that adding text is one of the…
Year: 2007
Menu Changes in Visio 2007
A new release of Visio means changes both large and small to the application. The menu system has a number of changes in it. There are some new additions such as Remove Hidden Information, Publish to PDF / XPS and the Data menu. This post focuses on changes to the existing menu items. Hopefully we…
Sharing Diagrams on a Server
Hi Everyone, Our Product Planning team would like to hear from those who share diagrams by putting them on a Web site, SharePoint site or file server. Are you sharing diagrams connected to data sources (perhaps through the new Data Link and Data Graphics features in Visio 2007)? We’d like to better understand how our customers…
DXF, DWG & Visio
Hi Everyone, Do you ever open, save or use AutoCAD files (DXF/DWG) with Visio? If so, the Visio product team would like to talk to you. Please contact us, and we’ll be in touch. Visio Team
Remove Hidden Information
In a previous post we discussed the fact that a Visio document can become bloated over time by accumulating masters, styles, layers, fonts and colors that are no longer used in the diagram. Often the file size impact is minimal, but not always. Visio 2007 includes a new feature called Remove Hidden Information that…
Customizing Data Graphics
One of the new features in Visio 2007 Professional is Data Graphics – the ability to display data on shapes in rich, visual ways. Many of you have already experimented with this feature and are looking for ways to create custom visualizations. There is an MSDN article that covers the full spectrum of customizations possible…