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USA States Map with Equal-sized States

September 4, 2015 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

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The states in the USA are all over the map when it comes to total area (aka, “size”).

We all love data visualizations on maps, but the wide range of state sizes can distort visual messages.

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Filed Under: Data, Templates, Visio 2010, Visio 2013 Tagged With: Data Graphics, Data Visualization

ShapeSheet through the Ages

September 17, 2014 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

shapesheet-through-agesThis week on the Visio History Channel…

If you enjoyed yesterday’s walk down memory lane, and you lean toward the technical/programmer side, then you might enjoy this fluff piece–a look at the evolution of the ShapeSheet.

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Filed Under: History, ShapeSheet, Visio 2007, Visio 2010, Visio 2013 Tagged With: History, ShapeSheet

Visio Handles through the Ages

September 16, 2014 By Visio Guy 6 Comments

visio-handles-through-agesMicrosoft changes the look of Visio’s user interface from time to time. Most of the uproar came for Visio 2010 with the introduction of the dreaded Ribbon.

But Microsoft has also made changes to Visio’s shape-manipulation handles, thereby  rendering millions of painstakingly-created screenshots on websites the world over instantly obsolete, and confusing users everywhere.

As a reference point for users using older and newer versions of Visio, and just out of plain curiosity, I’m rehashing the look of Visio shape handles for Visio 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013. Have fun!

 

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2007, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Connection Points, Control Handles, Handles, Selection Handles

Creating Custom Bullets in Visio

September 15, 2014 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

custom-bullets.thumbA customer/fan asked me the other day how to create custom bullets in Visio using a character he’d carefully selected from the Wingdings font. He had dug his way deep into the text editing dialog, and had actually found the right place for customizing bullets, but he couldn’t quite get it to work.

It turns out he was making it just a bit more complicated than it needed to be. When I looked into it, I found that the process was indeed a bit unclear. So let’s walk through creating custom bullets in Visio, and clear up any muddiness that you might encounter along the way.

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2007, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Bullets, Text

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

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

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

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