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Top 10 Visio Things That Have Nothing To Do With Visio

July 24, 2009 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

non-visio-things-small Ok, this article will really screw up Bing and Google.

Did you know that you can work with Visio all day in the office, and take Visio supplements to keep your tired and bleary eyes from degenerating?

Then you can drive home in your Visiodrive car to your Visio house. After taking the baby for a short walk in his Visio stroller, you can plop down on the couch and watch your Vizio monitor–after you’ve pulled the shades over your Visio Glas windows, of course! If the vitamins didn’t work, you might have to watch the TV with your Visio-assisted artificial vision system!

And if your day was really hard, you can find spiritual solace at the the alter of Visio Dei, or recharge your mind and body with a few sessions at Visio Form!

And you thought it was just diagramming software!

Visio Services and SharePoint 2010

July 14, 2009 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

visio-is-back-square Office 2010 betas are starting to hit customers hands (one way or another) and the buzz about Microsoft’s next big release is starting to pick up.

I just watched a video that presented an overview of SharePoint 2010. There is a short bit about the new Visio Services for SharePoint, which look to be quite interesting!

Don’t Read! Watch Videos of Visio MVPs Instead!

July 8, 2009 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

the-visio-mvp-bunch Oops! I posted Interview With a Visio Guy a bit too soon.

That article features a video with Visio MVP David Parker, who shares words of wisdom about his history of working with Visio, and why it is such a great platform for graphics-based solutions.

But by jumping the gun, I have inadvertently showered Mr. Parker with glory, at the expense of other Visio MVPs.

You see, the video was the first in a FIVE-PART series, called Visio: Drawing on Experience.

Need Network Shapes? Fill Your Cup at the Visio Cafe!

June 21, 2009 By Visio Guy 15 Comments

Need 5000 FREE Visio network shapes? Or maybe just a couple of hundred? Well, if you do, you’ve come to the right place!

Today I’ll tell you about a wonderful resource for Visio network shapes called the Visio Cafe. They’ve got rack shapes, network shape, and auxiliary shapes that go along with network diagrams.

At last count, this site offers over 300MB of Visio networking madness, including 192 stencils which contain 4999 Visio network shapes. All of them for free!

Rate (Your) Network Diagram

June 15, 2009 By Visio Guy 6 Comments

rate-my-network-diagram Sometimes people ask me questions about network diagrams that aren’t so much about Visio as they are about how the diagrams should look.

A lot of people know that they need to create a network diagram, but they’re not sure which type to create, which shapes and symbols to use, or how to go about doing it.

If you are among these folks, or simply want to learn more about network documentation, you might be interested in a site that I’ve stumbled upon.

Interview With a Visio Guy

May 18, 2009 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

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With the exception of radio personalities, I find like to associate pretty faces with people whose words I read, whose work I use, and whose endeavors I benefit from.

Recently, an interview with Visio expert David Parker was posted on Microsoft TechNet.

In the video, David tells some interesting, relevant stories about his history of working with Visio, and he shares some wise, eloquent words on the power of Visio as a visual tool for corporate desktop users, and as a platform for visual solution developers.

Plus, we get to hear him say; drooring!

Visio Viewer for Developers

May 11, 2009 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

visio-viewer Have you heard about the Visio viewer, he’s a viewer but he still keeps on spyin’. Ok, sorry about that Little River Band diversion. ANYway…

The Visio viewer is a free download that lets non-Visio-havers view and interact with Visio files.

But did you know that you can incorporate it into your own software projects as a control?

Microsoft Office 14 Timeline

May 4, 2009 By Visio Guy 15 Comments

I guess this post should have been titled Office 2010 Timeline, since Microsoft’s recent announcements confirm that the “14th” version of the popular office suite will follow the year-model naming convention.

To put a Visio Guy slant on the press release, I’ve created a Visio timeline that illustrates the dates in Microsoft’s announcements.

Get Visio 2007 Service Pack 2

April 29, 2009 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

visio-2007-sp2 Art Braune just posted this in the Visio Guy newsgroup: Visio 2007 SP2 Released.

While the major changes and fixes are summarized in that post and on Microsoft’s websites, I’ve reproduced the items that have been fixed in this article.