Articles in Shapes
A feature lacking in Visio, like for-EVER, is the ability to align text along a connector’s path.
Now, Visio 2010’s new ShapeSheet functions and capabilities finally deliver.
Today we’ll show-off the cool new connector that I’ve developed …
Browse preview images of SQL Server 2005 shapes for Microsoft Visio. Take a quick glance at all 6 stencils, 6 templates, 102 master shapes and 9 out of the 34 sample drawings available in this free download!
Take an up-close look at all twenty-five 3D Geometry shapes that come as part of the Visio Educational Shapes stencil set, free from Microsoft: .
Get a sneak peek at all the cool angle-related Visio shapes included in this free educational shapes stencil from Microsoft!
This single-sheet Viso year-calendar, or “Jahreskalendar” shows you all twelve months of the year 2010 in one compact format.
In this Visio Tutorial, you’ll learn how to use drawing tools to create a 3D effect of an arrow poking through a 3D plane!
This year’s fresh, new advent calendar has 25 Visio-related goodies, hidden behind doors 1 through 25!
Visio Guy reader Sim sent me a request a few months ago for a Divided Box Shape. You know, title at the top, description in the bottom portion.
I’ve built lots of variations of this shape …
Download a Visio frame shape that allows you to dynamically change the border thickness and move the caption.
Get these ancient Visio dinosaur shapes, and make Visio drag-and-drop fun for the whole family!
See what other Visio Guy readers are downloading, and see how I visualized the download statistics!
Download a tool that allows you to create a circular array of custom tick in seconds!
See how one user used line-weight to make a sophisticated Sankey diagram in Visio!
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 …
Illustrate people-related statistics with this friendly, easy-to-understand, effective visualization template–in Visio!
Long swimlane diagrams? This template puts headers at both ends, so you don’t forget where you are!
If you’ve ever needed to customize a Visio network server shape, then today is your day. We’ve got a tool that allows you to load custom icons into server shapes lickity-split.
The tool is easy to …
Learn two methods for creating sophisticated fill patterns for your Visio shapes!
A rainbow spectrum can really liven-up a diagram and clarify a point that you are trying to make.
Whether you are trying to illustrate a broad band of choices or options, talking about a range of …
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!
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 …
If you need a Visio shape that allows you to quickly create a chain of “chevron” arrows for your management presentations, then you have come to the right place! Our Visio SmartShape is jammed full of smart behaviors that save you a ton of time!
Your life is hard. You work hard all day. You attend endless meetings. You sit through HR sensitivity training. Life is stressful.
Microsoft Office 2010 is coming soon; SharePoint and Visio are getting the Ribbon. Life …
What? Visio has a curve-to-curve tangent tool? Find out how to use it in this exciting video.
We want word clouds too! Here’s a first step towards getting them in Visio.
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!
Get a cool, free Visio stencil full of people, office and document shapes for illustrating your ux research plan and process.
Find out how bad your network diagram sucks, or tell someone else how bad their network diagram sucks.
=”one;two;three;four;five” So how do you know that there are five items in that list–using ShapeSheet formulas?
Watch a great video about one man’s experiences using Visio and developing visual solutions on top of Visio.
Re-live that 10-hour flight to Minneapolis. Then preserve it in your Visio docs forever with this nifty volume-control Visio SmartShape.


