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Sample Chapter for Rules & Validation Book
July 21, 2010 – 7:20 am | 2 Comments | 2192 views
Sample Chapter for Rules & Validation Book

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 …

New Book: Visio 2010 Rules, Validation & Business Process Diagramming
July 19, 2010 – 11:42 am | One Comment | 1361 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!

Register Now for analystView Process-analysis Webinar
June 5, 2010 – 7:37 pm | No Comment | 1794 views
Register Now for analystView Process-analysis Webinar

Are you the type that wears I Heart BPM T-shirts? Or maybe: Give me Some BPMN Lovin’ ? Or do you just like to go around improving processes, regardless of your apparel?
Note: this event is …

Download the New Visio 2010 SDK!
May 1, 2010 – 4:03 pm | 2 Comments | 2923 views
Download the New Visio 2010 SDK!

If you’re a Visio developer, then Christmas has arrived! The Visio 2010 Software Development Kit has just been made available as a free download from Microsoft.com.

Remove Backgrounds From Images With Office 2010!
November 11, 2009 – 11:13 am | No Comment | 1209 views
Remove Backgrounds From Images With Office 2010!

The upcoming release of Office 2010 from Microsoft has a cool feature that helps you to remove backgrounds from images. Now you can cut yourself out of a picture and place it into your Visio diagrams, while the background details show through!

Top Visio Guy Downloads (as of November 2009)
November 10, 2009 – 2:52 pm | 5 Comments | 8664 views
Top Visio Guy Downloads (as of November 2009)

See what other Visio Guy readers are downloading, and see how I visualized the download statistics!

Visio 2010 Beta: Sign Up Now!
November 4, 2009 – 9:28 am | 2 Comments | 3619 views
Visio 2010 Beta: Sign Up Now!

Register, Dave.
Dave, won’t you register?
Please register, Dave.
Dave, I think it’s time for you to register.
I think it would be best, Dave, if you would register for the Visio 2010 Beta.
Note: the beta period for …

Free Visio Partner Products for IT & Process Management
October 16, 2009 – 12:01 am | 7 Comments | 9288 views
Free Visio Partner Products for IT & Process Management

The kind folks over in Redmond have informed the Visio Guy of some deals regarding add-on products from Visio partners.
If you are an IT guy or do business process management, then you should probably check …

Visio Guy is an MVP (Again)
October 1, 2009 – 8:42 pm | 6 Comments | 4115 views
Visio Guy is an MVP (Again)

I just got an e-mail from the Mother Ship that says I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional!

Visio 2010 SharePoint Workflows
August 10, 2009 – 8:38 pm | 6 Comments | 12801 views
Visio 2010 SharePoint Workflows

Visio 2010 includes a new template for Microsoft SharePoint Workflows. See what they look like, and find out what’s going on behind the scenes!

Visio 2010 Master Icons Get a Facelift!
August 6, 2009 – 4:44 am | 9 Comments | 9096 views
Visio 2010 Master Icons Get a Facelift!

The end of an age of terror is nigh!
Visio 2010 creates a live preview of your master shapes so you don’t have to fiddle and futz around. You don’t have to waste time and effort …

Visio 2010 Live Preview – Formatting & Themes
July 28, 2009 – 10:18 pm | 4 Comments | 4753 views
Visio 2010 Live Preview – Formatting & Themes

See how Visio 2010 lets you preview formatting changes LIVE! See shapes change color and text change size and font family as your mouse hovers over options!

Visio 2010 Live Preview for Layout – Cool, Smooth Animations
July 27, 2009 – 1:00 pm | No Comment | 4964 views
Visio 2010 Live Preview for Layout – Cool, Smooth Animations

See how Visio 2010 does layout by easing your shapes into new positions with smooth, creamy animation!

Top 10 Visio Things That Have Nothing To Do With Visio
July 24, 2009 – 4:33 am | 5 Comments | 5528 views
Top 10 Visio Things That Have Nothing To Do With Visio

Visio isn’t just Visio, you know?

Visio Services and SharePoint 2010
July 14, 2009 – 1:31 pm | 2 Comments | 10266 views
Visio Services and SharePoint 2010

Office 2010 betas are starting to hit customers hands (one way or another) and the buzz about Microsoft’s next big release is starting to pick up.
I just watched a video that presented an overview of …

Top Visio Guy Posts
July 9, 2009 – 9:34 pm | One Comment | 3969 views
Top Visio Guy Posts

Find out which articles other Visio Guy readers have been reading.

Don’t Read! Watch Videos of Visio MVPs Instead!
July 8, 2009 – 8:15 pm | 5 Comments | 4095 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.

Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!
June 21, 2009 – 9:35 pm | 6 Comments | 59945 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!

Rate (Your) Network Diagram
June 15, 2009 – 12:12 pm | 6 Comments | 10677 views
Rate (Your) Network Diagram

Find out how bad your network diagram sucks, or tell someone else how bad their network diagram sucks.

Interview With a Visio Guy
May 18, 2009 – 7:27 am | 3 Comments | 5067 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.

Visio Viewer for Developers
May 11, 2009 – 9:41 am | 2 Comments | 10971 views
Visio Viewer for Developers

Use the free Visio Viewer to look at Visio files…or as a control in your own custom application.

Microsoft Office 14 Timeline
May 4, 2009 – 12:33 pm | 8 Comments | 9408 views
Microsoft Office 14 Timeline

Play with this hand-made Visio time-line and get nebulous details on Microsoft’s schedule for Office 2010 at the same time.

Get Visio 2007 Service Pack 2
April 29, 2009 – 1:26 pm | No Comment | 4423 views
Get Visio 2007 Service Pack 2

Find out which bugs they fixed, and where to download SP2 for Vis 2007.

Bonjour, Visio en Français!
April 27, 2009 – 7:58 am | 5 Comments | 2847 views
Bonjour, Visio en Français!

Michel Laplace is a Visio MVP and just started a new Visio expert site in French. Vous le trouverez ici…

Eight Places to Watch Visio Videos
April 21, 2009 – 9:26 am | No Comment | 4717 views
Eight Places to Watch Visio Videos

Take advantage of that fat band-width pipe you’re paying for and find out where the best on-line videos about Visio are.

Rack Server Virtualization Add-in
April 14, 2009 – 11:12 am | 6 Comments | 15682 views
Rack Server Virtualization Add-in

Learn about a new add-in for Visio 2007 Professional from Microsoft. This Add-In will help you plan your hardware utilization by generating before- and after detailed views of your racks and servers.

Save Money on Visio and Project
October 29, 2008 – 12:17 am | No Comment | 3745 views
Save Money on Visio and Project

News: Save money when you purchase 10 Visio Pros or Project Pros.

Visio Guy Forums: New!
April 23, 2008 – 11:48 pm | 3 Comments | 18799 views
Visio Guy Forums: New!

We held off doing this as long as possible, mostly because there are several other forums devoted to Visio (see:Visio Newsgroups and Discussion Boards)
But thanks to your enthusiasm and interest, the Comments feature of this …

Visio Conference 2008 – Awards, Notes, Epilogue
February 8, 2008 – 11:23 pm | No Comment | 7723 views
Visio Conference 2008 – Awards, Notes, Epilogue

Well the Microsoft Office Visio Conference 2008 has come and gone, and attendees enjoyed sharin’ info, gettin’ educated, and havin’ fun.
Already, two sessions from the Developer Track have been posted by two intrepid conference presenters:
– …

Visio Solution Developer Pain Points Presentation
February 6, 2008 – 1:31 am | 2 Comments | 5185 views
Visio Solution Developer Pain Points Presentation

Whether or not you attended my session about the deep, dark secrets of Visio development today at the Microsoft Office Visio Conference 2008, you might be interested in the session materials.

Visio Conference Side-by-Side Schedule
February 3, 2008 – 12:51 am | No Comment | 5146 views
Visio Conference Side-by-Side Schedule

Edit: the is Microsoft Office Visio Conference 2008 over, so this won’t be super-interesting any more : )

Are You Running Out Of T-Shirts?
September 12, 2007 – 2:56 am | 2 Comments | 3918 views
Are You Running Out Of T-Shirts?

The Microsoft Office Visio® Conference 2008 will take place February 5 – 6 in Seattle. Sign up now!