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Visio 2013

Hex Snap & Glue Shapes

September 11, 2019 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

hex-pennies-thumb.pngI’ve created a few Visio SmartShapes that can be easily snapped and glued into hexagonal patterns! Check it out!

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Filed Under: Charts & Graphs, Drawings & Templates, Illustration, Maps & Geography, Shapes, Templates, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: 2D Glue, Glue, Hexagon, Right-Click Actions, Snap, Visio SmartShapes

Radial List Shape

August 29, 2019 By Visio Guy 8 Comments

 

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Visio list shapes are pretty cool, but they only work in straight lines. I’ve attempted to make a list shape that allows you to place and reorder items around a circle. It’s a bit of a hack, but it works!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Business Diagrams, Circle, List Containers, Lists, Radial

Link Fields to Subshape Text

February 14, 2018 By Visio Guy 18 Comments

Many Visio users discover how to insert fields into the text of Visio shapes to display data contained in Shape Data fields. But they become frustrated when they add multiple text blocks to grouped shapes, as the process becomes more tricky. Let’s take a look at how to do this!

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Filed Under: Power User, ShapeSheet, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Data Graphics, Insert Field, Text

Amazon AWS Visio Shapes

January 31, 2018 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

If you work with Amazon’s AWS services, you’ll likely need to create architecture diagrams to assist in your planning and maintenance. Amazon provides a set of shapes for use with Visio, but I’ve added my touch and provided a new and improved set for you to download!

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Filed Under: Network, Shapes, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Amazon, Architecture, AWS, Database

Fuzzy Shadow on Text Oddity

December 20, 2017 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

Visio 2013/16 and newer have added wonderful formatting effects. But how they modify your shapes can be a bit strange. I’ve figured out a few of the odd cases and would like to share my findings with you!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Power User, Shapes, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Effects, Fill Format

Stroke-Dasharray Shape for Visio Custom Line Patterns

October 11, 2017 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

Recent adventures with HTML, SVG and CSS have led me to create a new Visio SmartShape that will help you to easily define dash patterns for custom line patterns!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Custom Line Patterns, Line Patterns, SmartShapes

View Visio Files on Android (and Windows Phone)

June 4, 2017 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Beyond Visio, Visio 2013, Visio 2016, Visio Viewer

Visio Circle Arrows 2013

December 29, 2016 By Visio Guy 22 Comments

There’s a new arrows-on-circle Visio SmartShape for you to download. It plays nicely with Visio 2013 and newer versions.

Come on in and check it out!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Arrows, arrows on circle, Control Handles, Multi-shapes, Right-Click Actions, SmartShapes

Turning Pages in Visio

December 12, 2016 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

visio-turn-pages-thumbFor small documents, turning pages in Visio is pretty straightforward. But when your file grows to be 30 or 60 pages long (yes, people do this in Visio!), some other techniques will make your Visio-document-navigation life a bit simpler.

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Filed Under: Code, Power User, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016, Visio Essentials

Lumia 950 vs. 950XL Comparison Template

November 20, 2015 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

shiny-lumia-950s-thumbIf you like Microsoft’s ecosystem of devices and software, then you’ve been waiting for a new Nokia Lumia handset for a looong time. Well the wait is just about over, and the only questions remaining are: 1. Are they too expensive? and 2. Which one is the right size for me?

We’ll tackle question number 2 today with a handy Visio download!

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Filed Under: Beyond Visio, Network, Templates, Visio 2007, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Wireframes & IA

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