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Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:21 PM

The Difference Between Visio’s Two Resource Toolkits

Visio 2003 has two resource toolkits which have similar names. The Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Resource Kit Tools targets the IT professional who is deploying Visio 2003 in a corporate environment . This toolkit is free for download, and contains tools
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:31 AM

Visio for Enterprise Architects Versioning (and other responses to blog feedback)

Readers of my last blog on conceptual architecture shapes asked why they couldn’t find the new networking shapes with the latest version of Visio for Enterprise Architects (10.0.5110). Releases of Visio for Enterprise Architecture (VEA) and Microsoft
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Sunday, November 21, 2004 10:39 PM

Great Shapes for Conceptual Architecture Diagrams in Visio (Part 1)

I’ve gotten multiple requests from blog readers to show how to get the same visual quality as seen in architectural diagrams posted on MSDN articles. Typically the Microsoft authors of MSDN articles use Visio to create the diagram. The diagram is then
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Sunday, November 14, 2004 9:25 PM

Network Shapes and Auto-discovery Bundle for Visio 2003

We’ve put together a kit with two Visio partners, Fluke Networks and Altima Technologies, that provides an auto-discovery tool and lots of manufacturer-specific network shapes. Fluke Network’s LAN MapShot is an auto-discovery tool that crawls your network
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Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:15 AM

Christmas and Batman (in Visio)

Alexey Nichkov, a creative and expert Visio user, put together this varient on the person shape as a post on my last blog. I love it! Especially the Batman and Robin. The JPG takes a while to download so be patient -- it's up there. Alexey has other cool
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Tuesday, November 09, 2004 2:43 PM

Visio “Person” Shape

If you type “person” or “user” in the Find Shape or Search for Shapes window in Visio, you get the following results. I’m not fond of the majority of these options. I think the best shape to use to represent a single user, customer, citizen, or person
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Monday, November 08, 2004 10:15 AM

What’s the Difference between a Cause and Effect diagram and a Workflow diagram? What’s a Brainstorming Diagram Anyway?

Visio has a depth and variety to templates that you will miss if you only use the Basic Shapes or Blocks stencils. For an overview and samples of diagram types, go to the Help menu and click on the Diagram Gallery option (in Visio 2003). This handy gallery
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Thursday, November 04, 2004 10:30 AM

Visio Books and Resources

If you’re new to Visio, check out the Step-by-Step with Visio 2003 book. It provides an introduction to the product and comes with a CD with exercises. If you’re somewhat familiar with Visio but interested in getting more out of the product, the Visio
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Friday, October 29, 2004 8:23 PM

Getting back to blog commentors...

Just a reminder: If you post a comment to me through the blog's Contact form, remember to put your email ! I've gotten comments from folks who ask a question that I'd like to respond to, but the poster forgets to provide their email or gives a wrong address.
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Friday, October 29, 2004 8:11 PM

Summary Reporting on Shape Properties in a Visio Diagram

Visio shapes often host properties in which users add details about the shape. For example, a network server shape in Visio 2003 lets you store IP address, server location, MAC address, and other information about the server. (You can access Shape Properties
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Monday, October 25, 2004 12:02 PM

Visio Network Diagrams on the Pocket PC

I just heard about a nifty little application that iAdmin Mobile makes to let users view Visio diagrams on the PocketPC. It’s targeted at network administrators who want to browse Visio network diagrams on the go. Here’s what it might look like on the
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Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:46 AM

Automatically Setting Shape Color By Data Values In Visio Diagrams

Visio has a way to let you automatically color shapes by the values in the shape’s custom properties. Consider the case of an organization chart. By default, there are a number of custom properties on an organization chart shape, such as Name, Title,
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Monday, October 18, 2004 11:37 AM

Visual Effects: Easy Elegance with Visio Shape Gradients

Visio shape gradients provide a fast way to give your shapes a professional-looking polish, especially for flowcharts and other diagrams that will be seen by a wide audience. You can set the gradient by selecting the shape, right-clicking, choosing Format
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:16 AM

My Favorite Visio HotKeys

Visio hotkey combinations save you time and wrist flexibility. Here are the top hotkey combinations that I use every time I use Visio. Zoom in (Ctrl + mouse left-click ) and zoom out (Ctrl + mouse right-click ) Zoom so that a selection box fills the screen
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Monday, October 11, 2004 1:02 AM

Storing and Re-using Your Favorite Visio Shapes

I’m back after a week out with a cold that has now visited each family member. Thanks to blog commenters for their well wishes, that was nice of you all! I wanted to talk about a handy way to store and re-use your favorite shapes in Visio. Most of the
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