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Easy Music Note Paper with the Smart Staff Shape!
February 3, 2012 – 1:52 pm | No Comment | 105 views
Easy Music Note Paper with the Smart Staff Shape!

Download pre-made music note paper with Smart Staff shapes that let you configure clef and key in just two clicks!

Shift Flowchart Shapes Automatically!
September 29, 2011 – 12:18 pm | 2 Comments | 2440 views
Shift Flowchart Shapes Automatically!

Learn how Visio 2010 helps you to insert steps in lengthy process flows without having to manually move other shapes out of the way!

Crayon Visio Network Shapes, Revisited
August 16, 2011 – 9:41 am | 3 Comments | 4818 views
Crayon Visio Network Shapes, Revisited

The popular Visio Crayon Network Shapes have been improved and extended. Have a look at what’s new and download the latest and greatest!

Visio Baseball Scorecard
April 15, 2011 – 2:24 pm | No Comment | 2492 views
Visio Baseball Scorecard

Download this Visio Baseball Scorecard template and keep track of the bums and stars on your team!

Visio SmartFace
April 7, 2011 – 12:56 pm | One Comment | 3564 views
Visio SmartFace

Show the full range of human emotion with just a few clicks of this Visio “smart face” SmartShape!

Visio Fireplace Shapes
March 22, 2011 – 12:14 am | 3 Comments | 3364 views
Visio Fireplace Shapes

Looking for plan view fireplace shapes?
In later versions of Visio, they seem to have disappeared!
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March Madness 2011-NCAA Tournament Bracket in Visio
March 15, 2011 – 4:27 am | No Comment | 2398 views
March Madness 2011-NCAA Tournament Bracket in Visio

Download your big dance tournament bracket for 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament in Visio format.

Repeating Diamond Title Visio Shape
March 3, 2011 – 10:41 pm | No Comment | 2722 views
Repeating Diamond Title Visio Shape

Add cool titles to your documents with this repeating shape that encases text characters in individual diamonds.

HAL 9000: a Shape Odyssey
December 29, 2010 – 1:01 pm | One Comment | 4331 views
HAL 9000: a Shape Odyssey

Download a HAL 9000 Visio shape. This glowing eyeball is shiny and cool looking, and can be put to many different diagramming uses!

No Flash Blue Lego Visio Shape
December 23, 2010 – 6:54 am | 4 Comments | 4450 views
No Flash Blue Lego Visio Shape

No documentation of Apple-related products would be complete without the Blue Lego Icon.
Whether you’re a UI Designer or a Smart @ss, you will surely be able to put this Visio SmartShape to use!
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Apple iPad Visio Shape
December 19, 2010 – 6:44 pm | 4 Comments | 11423 views
Apple iPad Visio Shape

Apple iPad?
There’s a shape for that!
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Husky & Cougar Visio Logo Shapes
December 3, 2010 – 4:30 pm | 3 Comments | 4491 views
Husky & Cougar Visio Logo Shapes

Dec. 29 2010. The Huskies have weaseled their way into a bowl game, a rematch with Nebraska today.
GO DAWGS!
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New Article about Validation Rules in Visio 2010
October 21, 2010 – 3:09 pm | No Comment | 7479 views
New Article about Validation Rules in Visio 2010

What if you could click a button and have Visio notify you if a drawing was incorrect, had errors, or did not follow your company’s standards?
Visio 2010 offers this capability, and more information is coming …

Seattle Seahawks Visio SmartShape
October 15, 2010 – 3:36 pm | One Comment | 5431 views
Seattle Seahawks Visio SmartShape

The Seattle Seahawks logo is used to illustrate how Visio SmartShape behavior can make cool graphics easy to use and infinitely more useful.

Visio Eye Chart Template
September 29, 2010 – 1:57 pm | 5 Comments | 6807 views
Visio Eye Chart Template

Eye charts can be fun when…you’re not at the Eye Doctor!
This Visio eye chart template allows you to quickly create your own eye chart to amuse your audience and get your point across!
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Visio Beer Maßkrug SmartShape
September 23, 2010 – 1:38 pm | 7 Comments | 6432 views
Visio Beer Maßkrug SmartShape

Oktoberfest meets Visio with this intelligently-resizing beer stein (Maßkrug) shape. Prost!

BPMN Process Modeling: A Conversation With Bruce Silver
August 18, 2010 – 12:27 pm | 2 Comments | 6875 views
BPMN Process Modeling: A Conversation With Bruce Silver

If you’re excited about the new Business Process Modeling features in Visio 2010, we’ve found an interview with BPM industry expert Bruce Silver that you’ll find interesting!
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Visio in Concert!
July 22, 2010 – 11:00 am | 13 Comments | 7828 views
Visio in Concert!

See how Visio is used to layout stage details for orchestral performances in concert halls.

Sample Chapter for Rules & Validation Book
July 21, 2010 – 7:20 am | 2 Comments | 7733 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 | 8363 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!

Visio 2010 Flowchart Shapes Get Smarter
July 1, 2010 – 1:53 pm | 2 Comments | 8939 views
Visio 2010 Flowchart Shapes Get Smarter

Learn how Visio 2010′s flowchart shapes have gotten smarter and save you work!

World Cup 2010 in Visio…and SharePoint!
June 28, 2010 – 11:01 am | One Comment | 6723 views
World Cup 2010 in Visio…and SharePoint!

See a neat, visual example of Visio 2010, Visio Services and SharePoint 2010 at work.

Jump to Any Page With Visio SmartShapes
June 24, 2010 – 2:55 pm | 17 Comments | 7291 views
Jump to Any Page With Visio SmartShapes

Read about an interesting ShapeSheet technique to help you navigate big documents more easily.

Visio Touch Gesture UX Shapes
June 17, 2010 – 11:26 am | No Comment | 7864 views
Visio Touch Gesture UX Shapes

The frenzied launch of Apple’s sadly-named iPad really highlights how big touch-based user interfaces are these days. If you are a UX designer or are working out user interfaces, then you’ll need to include touch …

Visualization of Visio 2010 Templates by Edition
June 15, 2010 – 11:53 am | 2 Comments | 10425 views
Visualization of Visio 2010 Templates by Edition

Visualize which templates come with which edition of Visio 2010, thanks to Data Graphics and the Org-chart Wizard!

Visio World Cup 2010 Bracket
June 14, 2010 – 2:39 am | One Comment | 8550 views
Visio World Cup 2010 Bracket

The world’s biggest sporting event has just started and 32 national teams have descended upon South Africa to fight it out!
We’ve got a Visio diagram/bracket/elimination chart to help you track progress or document your picks …

Visio Wood Grain Fill Pattern
June 8, 2010 – 6:46 am | 7 Comments | 7725 views
Visio Wood Grain Fill Pattern

One of my customers asked me about wood-grain fill patterns for Visio.
I had thought that Visio shipped with some wood-grain custom patterns, but when I went looking, I didn’t find much.
So…
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Register Now for analystView Process-analysis Webinar
June 5, 2010 – 7:37 pm | One Comment | 6276 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 …

Using Visio 2010 Containers & Lists to Create Server Drilldowns with Excel Data
June 5, 2010 – 4:41 pm | One Comment | 13922 views
Using Visio 2010 Containers & Lists to Create Server Drilldowns with Excel Data

Learn about new features in Visio 2010 that will help you to build better network rack diagrams, and download code to help you automate the process!

The Best Things Come in 3’s: Visio 2010, analystView, & Easier Process Improvement
June 2, 2010 – 12:00 am | 3 Comments | 8432 views
The Best Things Come in 3’s: Visio 2010, analystView, & Easier Process Improvement

Microsoft MVP Scott Helmers introduces you to Global360′s new analystView product and explains how it will help you to easily improve your business’ processes.

Playing with the Shape of Data
May 31, 2010 – 9:17 am | 6 Comments | 6626 views
Playing with the Shape of Data

Are you interested in data visualization, presentation and graphical representations?
Me too!
I spent this morning playing around with various visual forms, to see how well they convey information. You might enjoy my mini-study, and like to …

World Cup 2010 Team Flags Visio Multi-shape
May 30, 2010 – 7:10 am | 2 Comments | 10282 views
World Cup 2010 Team Flags Visio Multi-shape

It’s almost here! The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa!
Time to spruce up your Visio diagrams!
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