Wiley Visio 2007 Bible 978-0-470-10996-0 Benutzerhandbuch

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umans are visual creatures, so it isn’t surprising that we want to
visualize our ideas, designs, and final products and communicate
them graphically. In the past, high-quality presentations were the

work of professional graphic artists and illustrators, but with Visio 2007,
anyone can produce informative and attractive diagrams, drawings, and
models. Visio is so straightforward that you can use it to capture the fast-
paced output of brainstorming sessions or the frequent changes made to ini-
tial designs. At the same time, Visio is powerful enough to develop
sophisticated models, and precise enough to document the details of existing
systems.

Visio 2007 jumpstarts your efforts with solutions designed specifically to
produce different types of diagrams. Visio templates set up your work envi-
ronment with menus of specialized tools, sets of predefined shapes, and
drawing settings such as page size and orientation typical for the type of
drawing you want to create. Visio stencils categorize thousands of predefined
symbols by industry, drawing type, and application. These Visio SmartShapes
have built-in behaviors and properties to help you quickly assemble draw-
ings and collect information.

Simplicity and convenience are key to the power of Visio. To construct a
drawing, you drag and drop predrawn shapes from stencils onto drawing
pages. Defining relationships between shapes has gotten even easier in Visio
2007 with the introduction of AutoConnect, which helps you place and con-
nect new shapes on drawing pages. Specialized tools help lay out drawings
and perform typical tasks. The simplicity of integrating Visio with tools such
as Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, and database management systems makes it
easy to maintain drawings and documentation of systems. 

Getting Started with Visio

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