Table of Contents
Working with Visio Tools and Menus
What Is New in the 2013 Editions?
2 Finding Your Way Around the Interface
Important Features of the Visio Application
Get Around Using Your Keyboard
Find Online Templates and Samples
Working with Full Screen Windows
4 Taking Control of Your Diagrams
Creating Personalized Stencils
Using Groups to Organize Shapes
When It Is Better to Avoid Groups
Straighten Up Shapes with Auto Align
Using Position to Arrange the Diagram
Old-School Grid, Ruler, and Guides
Using Layout to Organize Shapes
Connecting Shapes Versus Points
What Happens to Connections...
Adding or Removing Connection Points
Modifying Common Format Attributes
Modifying Less Common Attributes
10 Shapes: More Than Meets the Eye
Understanding Special SmartShape Features
Importing Scalable Vector Graphics
Adding Content to AutoCAD Drawings
Controlling the Space Around the Print Job
Printing Just a Portion of a Diagram
Selecting Specific Pages in Visio
Background Page Printing (or Not)
Creating a Web Page from Your Diagram
Saving to Other File Formats from Visio
Getting Visio Drawings into Other Applications
Exporting Drawings to Image Formats
13 Unique Needs: Touchscreens, Custom Templates, and Complex Printing Concerns
Switching Between Touch Mode and Mouse Mode
Creating Your Very Own Template
A Look at Complex and Multipage Print Jobs
Printing Mixed Orientation Drawings
Combine Drawings into a Single Sheet
What Can I Do with Shape Data?
Saving a Set of Shape Data Fields
Displaying Text in Shape Data Fields
Using the Report Definition Wizard
15 Working with External Data and Data Graphics
Linking Shapes to External Data
Look at Your External Data First
Saving and Editing in SharePoint
18 Tips for Flowcharts, Process, and Block Diagrams
Process and Flow Chart Diagrams
Auto Resize and Flowchart Shapes
Swimlanes and Phases in Cross-Functional Flowcharts
Business Process Diagrams (BPMN 2.0) and SharePoint Workflows
19 Tips for Working with Other Diagram Types