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Roll em! New Visio 2010 Video Series by Visio MVPs
February 1, 2012 – 12:54 pm | No Comment | 235 views
Roll em! New Visio 2010 Video Series by Visio MVPs

Learn about Visio 2010 the easy way! Watch these 24 videos from the Visio experts!

New Book: Visio 2010 Rules, Validation & Business Process Diagramming
July 19, 2010 – 11:42 am | One Comment | 8363 views
New Book: Visio 2010 Rules, Validation & Business Process Diagramming

Read about David Parker’s new book about Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation that helps you to create custom rule sets for validating your Visio 2010 Premium-based solutions!

Radial Elements Tool
November 5, 2009 – 1:51 pm | 12 Comments | 10974 views
Radial Elements Tool

Download a tool that allows you to create a circular array of custom tick in seconds!

Harrison Clarity. Just the Videos M’am.
September 11, 2009 – 3:41 pm | No Comment | 14818 views
Harrison Clarity. Just the Videos M’am.

Harry Miller, video producer. The guy who filmed: five of the biggest Visio Nerds that ever lived. He’s been busy.
Creating instructional Visio videos. With a 40′s detective theme. Short. Succinct. Cool jazz music. Just the …

Automatic Chevron Process Shape
August 4, 2009 – 5:07 pm | 31 Comments | 20829 views
Automatic Chevron Process Shape

If you need a Visio shape that allows you to quickly create a chain of “chevron” arrows for your management presentations, then you have come to the right place! Our Visio SmartShape is jammed full of smart behaviors that save you a ton of time!

Automatically Number & Connect Shapes – With Code!
July 13, 2009 – 9:22 am | 7 Comments | 10384 views
Automatically Number & Connect Shapes – With Code!

Connect shapes in numerical-order at the press of a button! Then download the VBA code to see how it’s done!

Don’t Read! Watch Videos of Visio MVPs Instead!
July 8, 2009 – 8:15 pm | 5 Comments | 6161 views
Don’t Read! Watch Videos of Visio MVPs Instead!

Hear what 5 of the biggest Visio Nerds that ever lived have to say about their favorite diagramming app.

Draw Tangent Lines in Visio!
July 2, 2009 – 5:02 am | 6 Comments | 11371 views
Draw Tangent Lines in Visio!

What? Visio has a curve-to-curve tangent tool? Find out how to use it in this exciting video.

Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!
June 21, 2009 – 9:35 pm | 9 Comments | 96485 views
Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!

Could you use 5000 free Visio network shapes in 192 Visio stencils? Find out where you can get ‘em, and search our Mega Table that lists each and every network equipment item!

Interview With a Visio Guy
May 18, 2009 – 7:27 am | 3 Comments | 7733 views
Interview With a Visio Guy

Watch a great video about one man’s experiences using Visio and developing visual solutions on top of Visio.

DIP Switch Shapes Gone Wild!
February 28, 2009 – 9:00 am | No Comment | 11758 views
DIP Switch Shapes Gone Wild!

Recently in the Visio Guy Newsgroups, user Ziorg77 submitted a wonderful Visio SmartShape of a DIP switch, where you could toggle each of the eight switches individually.
This led to a flurry of discussion, and several …

Punish Your Users with (not so) SmartShapes That Misbehave
June 14, 2008 – 4:37 pm | 5 Comments | 8815 views
Punish Your Users with (not so) SmartShapes That Misbehave

Learn how to add smarts to your Visio SmartShapes–and have fun doing it–by looking at mischievous examples of badly behaved, not-so-smart shapes!

European Cup 2008 Auto-Updating Visio Diagram
June 9, 2008 – 1:49 pm | 22 Comments | 16381 views
European Cup 2008 Auto-Updating Visio Diagram

Track your favorite soccer/football teams for the 2008 European Cup with this semi-automatic Visio bracket.

Word Balloon Visio SmartShape
May 29, 2008 – 7:47 am | 15 Comments | 36655 views
Word Balloon Visio SmartShape

Download this super-smart Word Balloon shape and make your Visio diagrams literally speak to your audience.

Virtualization Visualization with Visio
May 27, 2008 – 8:14 am | 11 Comments | 103664 views
Virtualization Visualization with Visio

Enjoy information and links to Visio resources for creating virtualization-related network diagrams.

“Laser” Shape
May 8, 2008 – 8:21 pm | 7 Comments | 18117 views
“Laser” Shape

Download a scaled Visio SmartShape of a laser show projector. The projection part of this shape is particularly fun. As you resize the projection distance and angle, you’ll get some cool effects!

Apple iPhone Network Shape
March 23, 2008 – 6:23 pm | 20 Comments | 50477 views
Apple iPhone Network Shape

Mobile devices are a huge part of today’s corporate networks. Use this iPhone Visio network shape to accurately depict the real look of your company’s infrastructure.

Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams
October 29, 2007 – 6:53 pm | 31 Comments | 48456 views
Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams

Get a configurable, oblique connector shape that makes attractive, 3D-looking connections to your 3D-looking network shapes, or other isometric drawings!

Free Visio People Shapes
May 20, 2007 – 2:24 pm | 39 Comments | 100079 views
Free Visio People Shapes

Download some new, nicely-shaded people shapes, with add-on hats to boot! Learn how to find other people-related shapes that come with Visio, and discover the mysteries of Whale Boy!

Map of World
April 23, 2007 – 1:46 am | 52 Comments | 54175 views
Map of World

Download a map of the World, with nicely formatted and labeled shapes.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Stencil
December 28, 2006 – 7:00 am | 3 Comments | 58968 views
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Stencil

View and download a free stencil full of Visio shapes for diagramming your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 projects.

Audio Visual Components Shapes
December 15, 2006 – 7:08 am | 16 Comments | 63063 views
Audio Visual Components Shapes

Download a Visio stencil full of cool av connector- and terminal-shapes for creating audio-visual patch panels.

Visio 2007 Developer Resources
November 3, 2006 – 10:33 am | 16 Comments | 19775 views
Visio 2007 Developer Resources

Get a jump on your next generation of Visio-based solutions by perusing these Visio 2007 developer resources!

Circular Multi-arrows
October 9, 2006 – 10:32 am | 75 Comments | 76339 views
Circular Multi-arrows

Download improved versions of Visio’s Circular Multi-arrow shape, that allow for up to 20 sub-arrows, and offer some neat coloration features.