Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010
February 9, 2010 – 8:46 am | One Comment | 1233 views

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 …

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Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010
February 9, 2010 – 8:46 am | One Comment | 1233 views
Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010

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 …

Sample Banking Scandal Visio Flowchart
February 5, 2010 – 2:55 pm | No Comment | 1320 views
Sample Banking Scandal Visio Flowchart

Download and play with this custom “info-graphic” style flowchart that I re-created from a newspaper article.

SQL Server 2005 Microsoft Visio Stencils
February 4, 2010 – 11:23 am | 3 Comments | 2005 views
SQL Server 2005 Microsoft Visio Stencils

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!

See New Perspectives with 3D Geometry Shapes
January 28, 2010 – 3:01 pm | 2 Comments | 2161 views
See New Perspectives with 3D Geometry Shapes

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: .

Angle Shapes Help You Illustrate Geometry in Visio
January 26, 2010 – 3:29 pm | 2 Comments | 1491 views
Angle Shapes Help You Illustrate Geometry in Visio

Get a sneak peek at all the cool angle-related Visio shapes included in this free educational shapes stencil from Microsoft!

Visio 2010 Year-calendar (Jahreskalender) Template
January 20, 2010 – 11:02 pm | 3 Comments | 1911 views
Visio 2010 Year-calendar (Jahreskalender) Template

This single-sheet Viso year-calendar, or “Jahreskalendar” shows you all twelve months of the year 2010 in one compact format.

Visio 2010 Calendar Template (Premade!)
December 29, 2009 – 11:21 am | 2 Comments | 2811 views
Visio 2010 Calendar Template (Premade!)

This pre-made calendar template has all twelve months for the year 2010 all laid out on twelve separate pages. It will save you a bunch of time and get you scheduling right away!

Faking 3D in Visio
December 10, 2009 – 5:25 pm | 5 Comments | 2967 views
Faking 3D in Visio

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!

Advent Calendar 2009
November 29, 2009 – 11:52 pm | No Comment | 2094 views
Advent Calendar 2009

This year’s fresh, new advent calendar has 25 Visio-related goodies, hidden behind doors 1 through 25!

Get the Super-smart Visio Divided Box Shape!
November 25, 2009 – 5:43 am | 3 Comments | 4814 views
Get the Super-smart Visio Divided Box Shape!

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 …

Storyboard Frame Shape
November 22, 2009 – 4:50 pm | 2 Comments | 2199 views
Storyboard Frame Shape

Download a Visio frame shape that allows you to dynamically change the border thickness and move the caption.

Visio Dino-gramming with Visrassic Dinosaur Shapes (for the kids)
November 18, 2009 – 5:58 pm | 4 Comments | 2004 views
Visio Dino-gramming with Visrassic Dinosaur Shapes (for the kids)

Get these ancient Visio dinosaur shapes, and make Visio drag-and-drop fun for the whole family!

Top Visio Guy Downloads (as of November 2009)
November 10, 2009 – 2:52 pm | 4 Comments | 4403 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!

Radial Elements Tool
November 5, 2009 – 1:51 pm | 6 Comments | 3132 views
Radial Elements Tool

Download a tool that allows you to create a circular array of custom tick in seconds!

“Follow the Money” Visio Sankey Diagram
October 26, 2009 – 6:13 pm | 3 Comments | 4081 views
“Follow the Money” Visio Sankey Diagram

See how one user used line-weight to make a sophisticated Sankey diagram in Visio!

Free Visio Partner Products for IT & Process Management
October 16, 2009 – 12:01 am | 7 Comments | 4823 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 …

Village of 100 People Diagrams
October 1, 2009 – 11:50 pm | 8 Comments | 4792 views
Village of 100 People Diagrams

Illustrate people-related statistics with this friendly, easy-to-understand, effective visualization template–in Visio!

Double-headed Cross Functional Flowchart
September 28, 2009 – 11:38 pm | 6 Comments | 4069 views
Double-headed Cross Functional Flowchart

Long swimlane diagrams? This template puts headers at both ends, so you don’t forget where you are!

Visio Network Server Shape Icon Customization Tool
September 11, 2009 – 12:48 pm | 7 Comments | 11722 views
Visio Network Server Shape Icon Customization Tool

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 …

Visio Tutorial: Advanced Fill Effects
September 9, 2009 – 4:10 pm | 5 Comments | 3857 views
Visio Tutorial: Advanced Fill Effects

Learn two methods for creating sophisticated fill patterns for your Visio shapes!

Visio Spectrum Shape
September 2, 2009 – 3:18 pm | 4 Comments | 3088 views
Visio Spectrum Shape

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 SharePoint Workflows
August 10, 2009 – 8:38 pm | 6 Comments | 6741 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 | 4872 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 …

Automatic Chevron Process Shape
August 4, 2009 – 5:07 pm | 14 Comments | 5862 views
Automatic Chevron Process Shape

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!

Run For Your Lives! Clippy Is Back!
July 17, 2009 – 5:05 am | 4 Comments | 3291 views
Run For Your Lives! Clippy Is Back!

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 …

Draw Tangent Lines in Visio!
July 2, 2009 – 5:02 am | 4 Comments | 3770 views
Draw Tangent Lines in Visio!

What? Visio has a curve-to-curve tangent tool? Find out how to use it in this exciting video.

Twitter @WordCloud #Visio
June 30, 2009 – 9:04 am | No Comment | 7842 views
Twitter @WordCloud #Visio

We want word clouds too! Here’s a first step towards getting them in Visio.

Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!
June 21, 2009 – 9:35 pm | 6 Comments | 32649 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!

User Experience Shapes From UserFocus
June 19, 2009 – 12:06 pm | 5 Comments | 7963 views
User Experience Shapes From UserFocus

Get a cool, free Visio stencil full of people, office and document shapes for illustrating your ux research plan and process.

Rate (Your) Network Diagram
June 15, 2009 – 12:12 pm | 6 Comments | 6840 views
Rate (Your) Network Diagram

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

How to Count the Number of Items in a List
May 25, 2009 – 9:23 am | No Comment | 2322 views
How to Count the Number of Items in a List

=”one;two;three;four;five” So how do you know that there are five items in that list–using ShapeSheet formulas?

Interview With a Visio Guy
May 18, 2009 – 7:27 am | 3 Comments | 3036 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.