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Repeating Diamond Title Visio Shape

March 3, 2011 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

If you need a catchy title for your Visio diagram, then diamonds could be your best friend!

Today’s Visio SmartShape encases each character you type in it’s own individual diamond for that perfect Retro or Argyle look!

(Just what you were looking for, eh?)

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Quick Text, repeating shapes, SmartShapes, Text

Automatic Chevron Process Shape

August 4, 2009 By Visio Guy 61 Comments

automatic-chevron-process-shapeIf you need a Visio shape that allows you to quickly create a chain of “chevron” arrows for your management presentations, then you have come to the right place! Our Visio SmartShape is jammed full of smart behaviors that save you a ton of time!

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Filed Under: Featured Articles, Shapes Tagged With: Auto Colors, Fill Format, Quick Text, repeating shapes, Right-Click Actions, SmartShapes

Number Your Pages Visually

April 15, 2009 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

visual-page-numbering-2It’s nice to let your audience know where they are in a document, and how much further until the end. This is especially true if your Visio document does double-duty as a presentation.

A progress bar-style graphic does a nicer job of this than “Page 1 of 4” or “Page 3/4” or “75%”. The audience gets a real feel for how much is complete and how much remains.

Today’s article will show you some ShapeSheet techniques for creating a visual page-numbering shape. We’ll modify the Circle-text Title shape from an earlier Visio Guy article so that it shows you how far along you are in a document. You’ll also learn how to get the shape to position itself automatically on the page, so that it is even easier to use!

So go get a fresh cup of coffee and read on!

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Filed Under: Shapes, ShapeSheet Tagged With: repeating shapes

Run Circles Around Your Text With the Circle-text Title SmartShape

March 27, 2009 By Visio Guy 9 Comments

circle-title-textThe other day, I visited one of my favorite coffee houses in Munich: Aran. While sipping my mocha, the logo on the cup gave me the idea for a Visio SmartShape:

A title shape that automatically places each character in a circle.

The cup graphics look something like the thumbnail you see at the beginning of this article. In fact, I used the newly-created SmartShape to make that a-r-a-n that you see in the square.

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Quick Text, repeating shapes, SmartShapes, Text

Design Web Pages With This Visio Breadcrumbs Shape

February 3, 2009 By Visio Guy 6 Comments

breadcrumbs-visio-shape-thumb

I’ve seen much buzz lately regarding breadcrumb shapes in Visio.

Evidently a lot of folks are using Visio for IA and wireframes. Yup, you can lay-out and design web-sites with good ol’ Visio!

So I decided to create a Visio Breadcrumbs Shape to help web-site designers more quickly finish their prototypes. This shape incorporates some smart-behavior that should save you a lot of time!

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Filed Under: Shapes, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: repeating shapes, SmartShapes, Web, Web Design

Release the Power of Visio Custom Line Patterns

March 3, 2008 By Visio Guy 8 Comments

Read Full ArticleIf you have a need to create repeating graphical elements, then learning how to create custom line patterns in Visio is absolutely essential.

Visio custom line patterns offer a power and flexibility that will save time for both your end-users and your solution development effort. And your final product will have a refined and elegant look.

Recently, John Goldsmith of Visual Signals, UK posted two excellent articles about creating custom line patterns in Visio.

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Filed Under: Development, Illustration Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Custom Line Patterns, Custom Patterns, John Goldsmith, random, repeating shapes

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