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Visio 2016 Training Videos

January 31, 2018 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

Microsoft has just released a new set of online training videos for Visio 2016. I’ve created detailed outlines of the course material and provided direct links to pages and modules within their website so you can instantly jump to the content you want to digest!

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Filed Under: Flowcharting, Shapes, Video, Visio 2016, Visio Essentials Tagged With: org-charts, organizational charts, Videos

Turning Pages in Visio

December 12, 2016 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

visio-turn-pages-thumbFor small documents, turning pages in Visio is pretty straightforward. But when your file grows to be 30 or 60 pages long (yes, people do this in Visio!), some other techniques will make your Visio-document-navigation life a bit simpler.

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Filed Under: Code, Power User, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016, Visio Essentials

New Book: Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

July 18, 2016 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

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There’s a new book on data visualization with Visio. And it is probably as good as its title is long!

 

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Filed Under: Code, Data, Development, Power User, ShapeSheet, Visio 2016, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Books, Visio Books

Simple Cabling Shape with Length Reporting

June 6, 2016 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

cable-thumbIf you use Visio to create scaled plan views that include electrical equipment, you may have a need to rough-out actual, to-scale cable paths–and even get accurate estimates as to how much cabling you’ll need. This article explores just how you can go about it!

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Filed Under: AV Equipment, CAD, Power User, Shapes, Visio Essentials Tagged With: cables, cabling, Insert Field, Text, text block, wiring

How to Show the Developer Ribbon Tab (and Why)

June 19, 2015 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

visio-developer-tab-thumb-2Many of the tips and tricks that I talk about (or want to talk about) on this site require the Developer Ribbon Tab. Find out how to turn it on, and what good it will do you!

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Filed Under: Development, Power User, Visio Essentials Tagged With: customize the ribbon, developer mode, ribbon

Circles in Circle 1

November 18, 2014 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

circles-in-circle-1-thumbIn this first of a series of posts, we’ll use built-in Visio functionality to arrange small circles around the perimeter of a larger circle, at equal intervals.

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Filed Under: Power User, Video, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Alignment, Arrange, Group, Radial

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

Using Microsoft Visio 2010 Book is Here!

May 19, 2011 By Visio Guy 15 Comments

I got home today and found a mysterious package on my desk.

Since I hadn’t ordered anything recently, I had a hunch what it might be…

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Filed Under: News, Visio 2010, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Books, Power User, Visio Books

Menus to Ribbons: Find Commands in Office 2010!

June 23, 2010 By Visio Guy 10 Comments

WHERE THE HECK IS MY MENU COMMAND?

This phrase has echoed across the globe ever since Microsoft introduced the ribbon user interface and increased our productivity!

But help is on the way.

No, wait! It’s already here!

[Read more…] about Menus to Ribbons: Find Commands in Office 2010!

Filed Under: Visio 2010, Visio Essentials Tagged With: ribbon

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