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Turning Pages in Visio

December 12, 2016 By Visio Guy 4 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

New Book: Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

July 18, 2016 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

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There’s a new book on data visualization with Visio. And it is probably as good as its title is long!

 

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Filed Under: Code, Data, Development, Power User, ShapeSheet, Visio 2016, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Books, Visio Books

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

Truly “No-Glue-To” Shapes

July 12, 2016 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

no-glue-to-thumbSometimes you really need shapes that can’t be connected to. While Visio has settings in the UI for doing this, they don’t fully work. This article will show you the workaround!

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Filed Under: Electrical & Electronic, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Connectors, Glue, Settings, Visio Connectors

Venn Bubble Diagram Hierarchy Thingamajig Template

July 11, 2016 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

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Download this free template that will help you to create a Venn-inspired, hierarchical bubble diagram! The nifty Visio SmartShape behavior makes creating these types of diagrams fun and easy!

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Filed Under: Power User, Shapes, Templates Tagged With: Hierarchy, Relationships, Venn

Simple Cabling Shape with Length Reporting

June 6, 2016 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

cable-thumbIf you use Visio to create scaled plan views that include electrical equipment, you may have a need to rough-out actual, to-scale cable paths–and even get accurate estimates as to how much cabling you’ll need. This article explores just how you can go about it!

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Filed Under: AV Equipment, CAD, Power User, Shapes, Visio Essentials Tagged With: cables, cabling, Insert Field, Text, text block, wiring

Unioning Shapes, and Cleaning Them Up

July 10, 2015 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

clean-up-union-thumbVisio has incredibly useful functions for slicing and merging shapes. But sometimes these shapes leave artifacts that can be a pain to clean up. Check out this simple trick to make it less painful!

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Filed Under: Maps & Geography, Power User Tagged With: boolean, fragment, SVG, union

How to Show the Developer Ribbon Tab (and Why)

June 19, 2015 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

visio-developer-tab-thumb-2Many of the tips and tricks that I talk about (or want to talk about) on this site require the Developer Ribbon Tab. Find out how to turn it on, and what good it will do you!

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Filed Under: Development, Power User, Visio Essentials Tagged With: customize the ribbon, developer mode, ribbon

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.

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Filed Under: Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Video

Text Outlines in Visio

March 1, 2015 By Visio Guy 6 Comments

TIf you’ve ever wondered how to convert text to paths or vectors in Visio, then this article is for you–although the solution might not be what you expected!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Power User, Shapes Tagged With: Geometry, Illustration, Text

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