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A feature lacking in Visio, like for-EVER, is the ability to align text along a connector’s path.
Now, Visio 2010’s new ShapeSheet functions and capabilities finally deliver.
Today we’ll show-off the cool new connector that I’ve developed …
We all know the numbers of the months. January is Number One! July is the 7th month, and December is the 12th.
But some folks need to know which week it is, and Visio has no …
Do you have shapes that contain multiple colors that you’d like to easily change?
Wouldn’t it be neat to be able to specify those colors in Shape Data fields, along with other parameters for the shape?
Visio’s …
It’s easy to use Visio and not notice some of the things that make it a great diagramming application.
One great feature is how shapes resize–or more aptly–how parts of shapes resize. If you’ve wondered about …
Connect shapes in numerical-order at the press of a button! Then download the VBA code to see how it’s done!
Stop “Shift + Clicking”. Start selecting all connectors on the page USING CODE. Then do something to them!
=”one;two;three;four;five” So how do you know that there are five items in that list–using ShapeSheet formulas?
Stop typing “Property Let”, “Property Get” over and over and over. Let our VBA code do it for you.
Refresh your Data each and every time you open your Visio 2007 Professional Data-Connected Diagramme
Use the free Visio Viewer to look at Visio files…or as a control in your own custom application.
We’ll teach you text-handling techniques for creating top-notch Visio SmartShapes!
Shapes have geometry, geometry has circles, circles have curves. Let’s talk about all-things-round in Visio!
Learn how VBA code can be used to detect connections between shapes and traverse paths through diagrams.
Download a Visio file packed with sample VBA code that will help you understand not only connectors and connecting in Visio, but also path analysis as well!
Learn a ShapeSheet trick that lets you convert Visio shape text to meaningful numbers and quantities, and build a calculator that accepts free-form text as input.
Today, we continue with the movie-trilogy theme, but concentrate on advanced tips for importing and working with multiple shapes automatically.
This is the third and final piece in our trilogy of articles on Visio data graphics …
Today we’re going to talk about adorning Visio shapes with data graphics, and the extreme flexibility that Visio data graphics offer.
This is slightly different than what we discussed previously in Trilogy-meter Data Graphics Part I. …
Learn how to create a bar-graph Visio shape which visually responds to data. Once you’ve built this SmartShape, we’ll then show you how to link it to external data imported from Excel!
Today we’ll continue our discussion of title block topics by talking about how to control the location of text chunks in a shape’s text block.
Sure, Visio text has tabs, which we’ll put to use. But …
Learn about conditional formatting of Visio SmartShapes, and enjoy an ancient treat from the dusty, musty Visio archives!
Download and learn with this Visio file and SmartShape that relate to today’s momentous US Presidential inauguration!
In our last article on Visio title blocks, Title Blocks #1: How to Display Existing Document Information, we were introduced to a remarkable title block shape.
This single shape could display any of four different date-related …
Make your text stand out with a ShapeSheet formula that chooses a contrasting text-color, based on the fill color of your shape.
Create more intelligent title block shapes by inserting fields into the text of your Visio shapes that automatically link to information about the document! Your title blocks will be smarter, your drawings completed more quickly, and you’ll spend less time re-keying information!
When you Save As Web with Visio, you create a subdirectory full of small files, just begging to be modified. This article points you to resources that will help you to understand and work with those files so that you can get Save As Web to do what you really want it to do.
Learn about the benefits of Visio SmartShapes, the power of the ShapeSheet, and how a few parameterized Visio shapes can replace a whole set of “dumb” clip-art symbols!
Learn how to add realistic effects to your Visio SmartShapes using innovative shadowing techniques and custom line patterns!
Learn about the benefits of Visio’s Developer Mode, how it will help you work more efficiently, and how it will solve some mysteries that you might have encountered with Visio 2007.
In our last article on smart frames, we built a SmartShape that maintained a constant border-thickness, no matter the size of the shape.
It was a fairly simple frame, it got the job done, but it …
Learn how to re-use your code, save time, and work more efficiently by using VBAs CallByName method!
