Visio 2007 For Dummies

Reveal your inner business artist with Visio Turn your ideas into diagrams and drawings with Visio's stencils and templates If you have an idea you want to get down on electronic paper, Visio 2007 is for you, and so is this book! They're both flexible and user-friendly. Here's how to use Visio to capture ideas from simple to intricate, update data in a drawing with a single click, add and manipulate text, work with connectors, and more. Discover how to Create business, engineering, software, or network diagrams Format an entire drawing using themes Analyze "what-if" scenarios with PivotDiagrams Produce layered multipage drawings Save drawings to publish on the Web

Introduction 1 Part I: Starting with Visio 2007 Basics 7 Chapter 1: Visio 101 9 Chapter 2: Creating and Saving a Simple Visio Drawing 29 Chapter 3: Printing Visio Drawings 69 Part II: Creating Visio Drawings 89 Chapter 4: Discovering What Visio Shapes Are All About 91 Chapter 5: Adding Text to Your Drawings 119 Chapter 6: Connecting Shapes 145 Part III: Taking Your Drawings to the Next Level 167 Chapter 7: Perfecting Your Drawings 169 Chapter 8: Creating and Customizing Shapes 191 Chapter 9: Working with Pages 227 Chapter 10: Layering Your Drawings 249 Part IV: Advancing Your Knowledge of Visio 265 Chapter 11: Creating Stencils, Master Shapes, and Templates 267 Chapter 12: Managing Shape Information, Behavior, and Protection 281 Chapter 13: Marking Up Drawings for Review 313 Chapter 14: Using Visio with Other Programs 329 Part V: The Part of Tens 357 Chapter 15: Ten Common Tasks in Visio 359 Chapter 16: Ten Web Sites Devoted to Visio 365 Index 371