Archives for July 2010

Visio in Concert!

July 22, 2010 by Visio Guy 17 Comments

Early Saturday morning, I received a pleasant Visio-related suprise.

Tired as I was, it was great to see that concert organizers were using Visio plans to layout the stage for our upcoming performance!

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Sample Chapter for Rules & Validation Book

July 21, 2010 by Visio Guy 2 Comments

You might have heard about David Parker’s new book about Visio 2010 Premium’s Rules and Validation for process diagramming.

We’ve just discovered that there’s a free chapter available online, so you can kick the tires before you buy!

New Book: Visio 2010 Rules, Validation & Business Process Diagramming

July 19, 2010 by Visio Guy 2 Comments

Visio 2010 Premium introduces powerful mechanisms for validating diagrams to insure graphical and semantic correctness. Not only does this feature allow end-users to check and correct their diagrams, it enables developers to create custom rule sets to validate corporate- or discipline-specific diagrams.

David Parker’s new book: Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation explains Visio diagram validation, the APIs behind it, and helps you to build tools to make it all easier!

Add Spice to Your Visio Skills With Randomization!

July 16, 2010 by Visio Guy 2 Comments

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Unfortunately, no one can be told what the ShapeSheet is. You have to see it for yourself.

Visio SmartShapes can be so much more than just clip-art. This is because the ShapeSheet allows shapes to behave in intelligent ways, carry data and react to that data.

One under-used, little-known function is RAND(), which allows you to add randomness to your drawings. Randomness can not only be “neat-o”, but also useful. Come in and see why!