If you’ve got an Android or Windows phone, and you receive Visio files via e-mail attachments, there IS a way to view them while you are on the go!
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Learn how to use the ShapeSheet to make font-sizes increase and decrease with the size of your shapes.
Download a Visio multi-shape and a Data Graphic that help you to dress up your network diagrams by displaying Microsoft Forefront Client Security information.
Psssssst!!!
Rumor has it that another Visio conference is in the works!
Look here in the coming months to find out more: http://www.msvisioconference.com/
This new book about Visio 2007 contains a wealth of information for developers and power users!
Download an attractive 3D map of the United States, where individual state shapes can be extruded into the vertical, allowing you to create a geographical bar chart!
Download a dimension-line shape that can be set to match the scale of an imported background images, maps or plans. You can then accurately measure and document dimensions on the imported graphic.
If you are doing date-related calculations in Visio’s ShapeSheet, you may occasionally want to add months to dates. Read this article to find out how!
If you have a question about Visio, then you can post your question in a newsgroup, where experts and enthusiasts are waiting to help you out!
Long chains of shapes glued together with Visio’s 2D gluing capability can experience problems. The limitations are discussed in this article.
Download aluminum can and bottle shapes that you can customize with your own logos, and have a laugh while doing it!
Download an Earth shape that lets you choose from four views: the Americas, Europe, Australia or Asia. You can style the shape with one of four color-schemes. And for devs, there’s some VBA code for setting multiple Geometry.isHidden cells.
Play around with the venerable Candy Equipment Manufacturing demo that simulates a sales-automation scenario with Visio, and showcases SmartShape technology, database integration, MS Excel integration, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) automation code, Database Wizard applications, Custom Patterns, Layers and more!
Learn a better way to get VBA code to run when your documents open.
Putting Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code behind your Visio documents is convenient and powerful, but can be a security risk when mis-used. Learn the ins and outs of Microsoft’s built-in macro security features.
Visimation Inc. has written some fabulous articles for MSDN about integrating Visio with Access, Excel, Active Directory, SQL Server, MOM, Exchange, Reporting Services and SharePoint.
Find out about resources for using, developing and customizing the exciting new Data Graphics in Visio 2007.
Download a 12-month bar-graph shape that you can link to data using Visio 2007’s Data Linking features.
Watch some instructive videos on how to use the cool new features of Visio 2007.
Download a dimension line shape that displays Rack Units — the perfect addition to your network closet diagrams!
Download, play with this diagram of an ocean wave power generation plant, and learn how to use the ShapeSheet to make shapes react to each other.
Have a laugh with this unfortunately-not-created-with-Visio, but humorous flowchart that helps you with your Windows Vista upgrade process.
Learn how to use the ShapeSheet more efficiently by defining reusable custom functions that can be called from multiple cells.
View and download a free stencil full of Visio shapes for diagramming your Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 projects.
Zeus Technology has produced some cool Visio shapes for their ZXTM appliances. Have a look!
Visio 2007 has just been released! Here’s some links to resources about what’s so great about the new version, and how to use the new features.
Learn how to add constraints to your Visio shapes using the ShapeSheet’s BOUND function.
Link to a detailed set of Visio diagrams that illustrate SharePoint models, scenarios, planning flowcharts, designs and deployment scenarios.
Count the days ’til Santa arrives with the Visio Advent Calendar. Devs can peek under the hood to see how the ShapeSheet makes this thing tick!
Get links to presentations, articles and samples that show Visio’s xml features and capabilities.
Learn about the ShapeSheet’s POLYLINE function and PolyLineTo row type, and how they can work to make your shapes smaller and faster. Download the VBA code that will help you poly-line-ify your shapes with the click of a button!
Download a Visio diagram that contains VBA code to help you create polygon shapes with any number of sides.
