The upcoming release of Office 2010 from Microsoft has a cool feature that helps you to remove backgrounds from images. Now you can cut yourself out of a picture and place it into your Visio diagrams, while the background details show through!

Download a Visio SmartShape that allows you to mask/clip your drawings and diagrams. You can temporarily highlight just a particular portion of the drawing without being distracted by the rest of the details.

Learn some helpful techniques for importing bitmap images into Visio, then creating shapes and diagrams by tracing over them.

Make your Visio shapes and diagrams glisten and shine with these flare and highlight shapes. Bling! Bling!

Learn how to create see-through, shiny glass effects using basic, end-user features of Visio!

Learn how to create interesting visual effects while uncovering the capabilities of Visio’s ShapeSheet and the Smart Shapes it enables you to create. This article shows you how to create a wintry scene with Smart Trees that fade into the distance as you reduce their size.

Download aluminum can and bottle shapes that you can customize with your own logos, and have a laugh while doing it!

Learn about the many different ways you can cause Visio shapes, or parts of Visio shapes to become invisible.