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On the Road with Surface Pro 3

July 8, 2014 By Visio Guy 32 Comments

surface-pro-3-thumbIn this ongoing series of posts, I’ll relate my experiences and impressions of life with my shiny-new Microsoft’s new Surface Pro 3 tablet/ultrabook.

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Filed Under: Beyond Visio, Power User

Drilling with Visio

May 7, 2014 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

drilling-with-visioFor years I’ve been toying with the idea of creating a set of shapes for well bore diagrams. Well bore schematic drawings show the important, ahem, bits, of an oil drilling system from up on the surface to way down in the Earth’s crust.

My most recent research on the subject came to an exciting conclusion: there’s nothing for me to do here, because somebody’s already done it!

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Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, Visio 2010, Visio 2013 Tagged With: Multi-shapes

Visio 2013 CAD Import Fixed with SP1

February 28, 2014 By Visio Guy 14 Comments

visio-2013-sp1-autocad-3If you’ve been frustrated by the fuzziness of AutoCAD imports in Visio 2013 at high zoom levels, then you’ll be pleased to know that the issue has been fixed with SP1.

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Filed Under: CAD, Shapes, Visio 2013 Tagged With: AutoCAD

Before There Was Visio, There Was SketchPad

November 19, 2013 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

Ah, the days before color, when engineers wore ties!

One of the inspirations for Visio was an experimental piece of software created a long, long time ago. I was happy to finally track it down on the internet, finding articles and demo videos that I’d like to share with you!
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Filed Under: History, Shapes

New Visio 2013 Books

August 26, 2013 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

visio-2013-booksThe latest and greatest version of Visio–Visio 2013–has been available for over half a year already!

If you still feel like you’re missing out on super-cool features, or are struggling to get started, or just want to visit every nook and cranny of the product, there are two new books aimed at beginners and intermediate users.

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Filed Under: Visio 2013 Tagged With: Books, Scott Helmers, Visio Books

Visio Keep Calm Template

September 6, 2012 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

You might have seen this poster around town, on the internet, or decorating a colleague’s belly. More likely you’ve seen a humorous variation–it seems to have developed into quite the meme as of late.

Maybe you have your own funny ideas, but have dreaded futzing with MS Paint to realize them? Well Keep Calm and Read On. It just got simpler!

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Filed Under: Humor, Illustration, Templates Tagged With: Right-Click Actions, Signs, Text

New File Formats for Visio 2013

July 27, 2012 By Visio Guy 13 Comments

The main stars of Microsoft Office have had an Open XML file format for several versions.

The next version of Visio does too!

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Filed Under: Visio 2013

facebook Like Data Graphic (Thumbs Up!)

May 18, 2012 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

Yay! It’s the weekend! Everyone’s checking facebook to see where Friday beer garden will be. And even if you’re not a facebook user,  news of their IPO has surely crossed your browser. Ah, another bunch of filthy rich, young nerds in the valley! Enjoy those expensive Lego Technic and Mindstorms kits you can now afford, guys. You’ve earned them!

“But Visio Guy”, you may ask, “what does this have to do with Visio?”

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Filed Under: Visio 2007, Visio 2010 Tagged With: Data Graphics, Data Linking

Roll em! New Visio 2010 Video Series by Visio MVPs

February 1, 2012 By Visio Guy 9 Comments

Back in December (2011) I had the opportunity to work with a wonderful team to produce 24 videos that show off the features of Visio 2010.

The videos will be released on Microsoft’s Visio site, one per week, from January 10 until June 19 (2012). We hope you find them informative and entertaining!

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Filed Under: Visio 2010 Tagged With: David Parker, Scott Helmers

Shift Flowchart Shapes Automatically!

September 29, 2011 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

Visio 2010 offers several new features to streamline flowcharting and business process diagramming.

One of these features automatically shifts shapes out of the way when you add a step in the middle of a flow!

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Filed Under: Flowcharting, Process Management, Visio 2010 Tagged With: BPM, BPMN, workflow

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