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Disappearing Square Illusion

March 19, 2022 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

Download today’s offering and quickly demonstrate to your loved ones the utter nonsense of these “disappearing square” problems!

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Filed Under: Drawings, Front Page

Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

March 23, 2020 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

I just found a great video that showcases a new feature where Visio organization charts are automatically built and updated within Excel, using Excel data! [Read more…] about Dynamic Updating Org Charts in Visio!

Filed Under: Power User, Video, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Data Visualizer, Excel, Office 365, SharePoint, Visio Online

Visio 2010 Videos Resurface!

February 18, 2019 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

 

The 41 companion videos for my book Using Microsoft Visio 2010 have secured a new lease on life, and are now freely available to all!

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Filed Under: Resources, Video, Visio 2010 Tagged With: How To, Videos

Visio 2016 Training Videos

January 31, 2018 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

Microsoft has just released a new set of online training videos for Visio 2016. I’ve created detailed outlines of the course material and provided direct links to pages and modules within their website so you can instantly jump to the content you want to digest!

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Filed Under: Flowcharting, Shapes, Video, Visio 2016, Visio Essentials Tagged With: org-charts, organizational charts, Videos

Visio Nerd Videos – For Developers!

July 14, 2016 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

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If you’re interested in the deeper workings of Visio, then you’ll be interested in a series of videos that I’ve been in remiss in reporting!

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Filed Under: Code, Data, Development, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Tools, Video Tagged With: John Goldsmith, Programming, shapeshe, ShapeSheet, ShapeSheet Formulas, ShapeSheet Functions

Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

April 19, 2016 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

new-rack-unit-dim-examples-4Find out how to use this new shape to measure and label individual rack units on network rack diagrams.

2016.05.23 – The full version and free trial are now available! [Read more…] about Über Rack Unit Dimension Line

Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, Featured Articles, Network, Shapes Tagged With: Rack-units

Visio Minions SmartShape Concept

June 16, 2015 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

minions-thumb-2Today I had the idea to make a Minions Visio SmartShape. I was primarily interested in controlling eye movement using ShapeSheet techniques.

As a responsible adult, I probably don’t (shouldn’t) have the time to finish it properly. But I thought I’d make this video to show off some capabilities and point out  general concepts that might help to make useful SmartShapes.

[Read more…] about Visio Minions SmartShape Concept

Filed Under: Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Video

Circles in Circle 1

November 18, 2014 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

circles-in-circle-1-thumbIn this first of a series of posts, we’ll use built-in Visio functionality to arrange small circles around the perimeter of a larger circle, at equal intervals.

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Filed Under: Power User, Video, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Alignment, Arrange, Group, Radial

Time Lapse Circuit Diagram

September 18, 2014 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

time-lapse-thumbPhotoShop, Illustrator and SketchBook Pro users have all the fun. They make these cool, time-lapse videos, set to trendy, fast-paced music. I know Visio isn’t as cool as those other apps, but a lot of people still love using it. And they like music too! So I whipped out my trusty Camtasia Studio/Recorder and gave it a shot.

[Read more…] about Time Lapse Circuit Diagram

Filed Under: Electrical & Electronic, Video

Text on a Circle Visio Shape

May 9, 2014 By Visio Guy 65 Comments

text-on-a-circle-shape-thumbMany Visio users would like to create graphics with text running around a circle. I’ve come up with a third iteration to solving this problem.

This time, you get a single shape, with no need for VBA macro code!

[Read more…] about Text on a Circle Visio Shape

Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, Featured Articles, Shapes Tagged With: Text on a Curve

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