Wiley Visio 2003 Bible 978-0-7645-5724-8 User Manual
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978-0-7645-5724-8
Getting Started
with Visio
with Visio
H
umans are visual creatures, so it isn’t surprising that
we visualize and communicate our ideas, designs, and
we visualize and communicate our ideas, designs, and
final products graphically. In the past, high-quality graphics
were the work of professional graphic artists and illustrators,
but with Visio 2003, anyone can produce informative and
attractive diagrams, drawings, and models. Visio is so straight-
forward that you can use it to capture the fast-paced output of
brainstorming sessions or the frequent changes made to ini-
tial designs and models. At the same time, Visio is powerful
enough to develop sophisticated models, and precise enough
to document the details of existing systems.
were the work of professional graphic artists and illustrators,
but with Visio 2003, anyone can produce informative and
attractive diagrams, drawings, and models. Visio is so straight-
forward that you can use it to capture the fast-paced output of
brainstorming sessions or the frequent changes made to ini-
tial designs and models. At the same time, Visio is powerful
enough to develop sophisticated models, and precise enough
to document the details of existing systems.
Visio 2003 is like a good friend with expertise in dozens of
fields. It jumpstarts your efforts with solutions designed
specifically to produce different types of drawings. Visio tem-
plates set up your work environment with menus of special-
ized tools, sets of predefined shapes, and drawing settings
such as page size and orientation typical for the type of draw-
ing you want to create. Visio stencils categorize thousands of
predefined symbols by industry, drawing type, and applica-
tion. These Visio SmartShapes have built-in behaviors and
properties to help you quickly assemble drawings and collect
information.
fields. It jumpstarts your efforts with solutions designed
specifically to produce different types of drawings. Visio tem-
plates set up your work environment with menus of special-
ized tools, sets of predefined shapes, and drawing settings
such as page size and orientation typical for the type of draw-
ing you want to create. Visio stencils categorize thousands of
predefined symbols by industry, drawing type, and applica-
tion. These Visio SmartShapes have built-in behaviors and
properties to help you quickly assemble drawings and collect
information.
Simplicity and convenience are key to Visio’s power. To con-
struct a drawing, you drag and drop predrawn shapes from
stencils onto drawing pages. Defining relationships between
shapes is as easy as dropping one shape onto another or
dragging and dropping connectors onto shapes. Specialized
tools help lay out drawings and perform typical tasks. The
simplicity of integrating Visio with tools such as Microsoft
Office, AutoCAD, Adobe Framemaker, and database manage-
ment systems makes it easy to maintain drawings and docu-
mentation of systems.
struct a drawing, you drag and drop predrawn shapes from
stencils onto drawing pages. Defining relationships between
shapes is as easy as dropping one shape onto another or
dragging and dropping connectors onto shapes. Specialized
tools help lay out drawings and perform typical tasks. The
simplicity of integrating Visio with tools such as Microsoft
Office, AutoCAD, Adobe Framemaker, and database manage-
ment systems makes it easy to maintain drawings and docu-
mentation of systems.
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In This Chapter
Discovering features
new to Visio 2003
new to Visio 2003
Identifying which
version of Visio
you need
version of Visio
you need
Learning the basic
concepts behind
Visio’s power
concepts behind
Visio’s power
Exploring the
components of
Visio’s interface
components of
Visio’s interface
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