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Add Spice to Your Visio Skills With Randomization!

July 16, 2010 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

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Unfortunately, no one can be told what the ShapeSheet is. You have to see it for yourself.

Visio SmartShapes can be so much more than just clip-art. This is because the ShapeSheet allows shapes to behave in intelligent ways, carry data and react to that data.

One under-used, little-known function is RAND(), which allows you to add randomness to your drawings. Randomness can not only be “neat-o”, but also useful. Come in and see why!

Create Clean & Tidy Visio Shapes Using Images With Transparent Backgrounds

February 17, 2009 By Visio Guy 14 Comments

You might already know that you can create Visio shapes by using already-existing images, bitmaps and photos.

But making good-looking drawings that use images takes more than just a download here and an import there.

You want your images to look and behave more like genuine Visio shapes. To get this job done right, you’ll need a few more tips and tricks, so read on!

Battle Zone Theme Template

June 28, 2008 By Visio Guy 8 Comments

1980 witnessed the launch of the classic arcade game Battlezone by Atari.

In 2007, Microsoft launched Visio 2007, which included the new Themes feature.

For 28 years, the two have been on a collision course with destiny…linked by computers, the Geek Factor…and Fate.

Importing Images as Backgrounds for Tracing

April 16, 2008 By Visio Guy 11 Comments

Many Visio users create detailed elevation drawings of network and audio/visual equipment. The quality of these drawings can impress customers and enable equipment to be more quickly recognized in a diagram.

While vendors such as Altima and D-Tools provide detailed Visio shapes, you may find yourself needing to create your own shapes from time to time.

One method for creating detailed equipment shapes involves tracing an image of the actual gizmo. We’d like to offer a few tips to help you get the job done in Visio!