Articles in Shapes
Learn about a little talked-about feature of Visio that allows you to easily draw tangent lines between two curves!
Tweet, tweet! Twitter is getting REAL BIG. No one is sure exactly what it is or…why. Attention deficit disorder gone nuts? The best source of at-the-moment trends? Customer data goldmine? Are we turning into chirping …
Do you want 5000 free Visio network shapes? This article tells where you can get them, along with a Mega List of every single network shape to be found at the source!
Learn about this free set of user experience shapes that will help you to illustrate your ux research plan and show the types of deliverables you will produce.
Sometimes people ask me questions about network diagrams that aren’t so much about Visio as they are about how the diagrams should look.
A lot of people know that they need to create a network diagram, but …
I’ve been working on a new multi-shape that you will hopefully find useful for presentations and process documentation. It should be on offer within then next week or two.
As I was building it, I was …
Watch a great video about one man’s experiences using Visio and developing visual solutions on top of Visio.
Download a nifty “volume-control” Visio SmartShape that cleverly packs increments into a compact format to offer higher control resolution with lower visual messiness!
I was reading What goes up, must come down! on the Sankey Diagrams blog and it got me thinking about a radial presentation for Sankey diagrams.
Is there a case or need for radially-oriented Sankey diagrams? …
It’s kind of Pi Day today, so we are celebrating by talking about a variety of circle- and angle-related end-user and shape-developer related topics! Read and learn about all things round and Visio!
Saveen Reddy got wind of Run Circles Around Your Text With the Circle-text Title SmartShape and took it a step further.
Using his fancy-schmancy, multi-colored gradient approach to Visio graphics, he created a pretty neat (and …
Learn how Visio shapes are glued together, different types of glue, and how to traverse paths through a Visio process flow diagram using automation and VBA code.
Download a sticky-note Visio smart shape. You can type a message into it, give it a title, and collapse it to save space in your drawing, but still let folks know that there is more to read!
It’s nice to let your audience know where they are in a document, and how much further until the end. This is especially true if your Visio document does double-duty as a presentation.
A progress bar-style …
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.
Everybody knows (and loves?) the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
It has great graphics and an addictive format that you could use to add spice to your PowerPoint presentations.
And since a lot of …
Download a Visio file packed with sample VBA code that will help you understand not only connectors and connecting in Visio, but also path analysis as well!
Download a Visio shape that resolves the conflict between the straight and the curved, between circle and square. With the Visio Squircle, your diagrams will look modern and retro at the same time!
The other day, I visited one of my favorite coffee houses in Munich: Aran. While sipping my mocha, the logo on the cup gave me the idea for a Visio SmartShape:
A title shape that automatically …
Download this interactive NCAA Final Four Visio bracket and track your favorite teams as they rise or fall in this year’s March madness!
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 …
I think the time is overdue for another “vanity” Visio network shape.
And since Amazon.com has been making a lot of noise lately about its new Kindle 2 book reader, I’ve been inspired to oblige.
This version …
Learn about a free Visio Breadcrumb Shape that is feature-packed, fun to use, and will speed up your web-site designs!
Edit: It is done. Gimme a six-pack, a’ Super Bowl rings!
Well, if Inauguration Frenzy hasn’t sapped your productivity, then your preparations for Super Bowl XLIII are sure to get in the way of getting anything …
Download a Visio SmartShape that allows you to mask/clip your drawings and diagrams. You can temporarily highlight just a particular portion of the drawing without being distracted by the rest of the details.
