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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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!

Create Better-looking, More-efficient SmartShapes
August 9, 2008 – 2:18 am | 5 Comments | 10053 views
Create Better-looking, More-efficient SmartShapes

Learn how to add realistic effects to your Visio SmartShapes using innovative shadowing techniques and custom line patterns!

Release the Power of Visio Custom Line Patterns
March 3, 2008 – 10:52 pm | 2 Comments | 7930 views
Release the Power of Visio Custom Line Patterns

Follow links to two excellent articles about creating your own Visio Custom Line Patterns, as well as download some fun patterns created just for you!

Map of Germany
March 1, 2008 – 2:28 pm | 4 Comments | 8810 views
Map of Germany

The Geographic Map Shapes & Drawings are an extremely popular feature of this web-site. And since a lot of our readers speak German, or come from Germany, it seemed like this post was long overdue.
So …

Masking Images in Visio
July 29, 2007 – 1:42 pm | 2 Comments | 7752 views
Masking Images in Visio

Learn how you can crop images in Visio with non-rectangular mask-outlines.

Bubble Revision Shapes
November 4, 2006 – 12:16 pm | 6 Comments | 12916 views
Bubble Revision Shapes

If you use Visio for CAD-like purposes, you might need to make revisions or “AS-BUILT” modifications to your drawings from time to time. Often this is shown by drawing a squiggly cloud, or bubble, around …