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Thursday, August 27, 2009 11:58 AM

Details on Container Behaviors

In our previous post we introduced the Containers feature in Visio 2010 and demonstrated some of their basic capabilities.  In this post we’ll look at some additional behaviors of containers.  Display Order Typically in Visio the most recently
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 3:27 PM

Organizing Diagrams with Containers

As the Visio product team began planning for the Visio 2010 release, we collected a lot of customer drawings. Even though there were many different types of diagrams represented, we found some similarities. We noticed that as diagrams got more complex,
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Friday, August 21, 2009 2:44 PM

Improved Flowchart Routing in Visio 2010

When creating and maintaining flowcharts, a pain point users suffer from is ensuring that the connectors between shapes look good. Visio introduced the dynamic connector many releases ago to help simplify diagram maintenance. Dynamic connectors in combination
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:11 PM

Layout Improvements in Visio 2010

A challenge many users face when building diagrams is getting them to look neat and organized. Visio has included a number of features to help with the placement of shapes for many releases. Some of these are manual and only help when dragging a single
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:56 AM

The Office Fluent UI in the Visio 2010 Technical Preview

The Visio 2010 user interface has been completely revamped this release based on the Office Fluent or “Ribbon” UI. The Office Fluent UI represents a dramatic departure from the overloaded menu and toolbar design model of previous Visio releases. Visio’s
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:20 PM

The New Shapes Window in Visio 2010

The Shapes Window has been redesigned in Visio 2010 to streamline the identification and use of shapes when creating diagrams. We've made several enhancements to make it easier to move from the initial "creation" phase to the "editing"
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