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Visio 2007 has dramatically simplified connecting shapes, formatting diagrams, and visualizing
data. As always, Visio 2007 includes several new templates and stencils as well as improvements
and enhancements to many existing ones. This section highlights some of the new features and
tells you which chapter to read to learn more. 

Visio enhances its reputation for being quick and easy with the following new or improved features:

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AutoConnect — This brand-new method for connecting shapes helps you add shapes to
drawing pages, connect them to existing shapes, and align them in one step. However,
not all shapes work with AutoConnect, which is the case if you don’t see the distinctive
blue AutoConnect arrows when you hover the pointer over existing shapes. See Chapter
5 for more on connecting shapes with AutoConnect.

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Themes — Whether you don’t have time for fancy formatting or tend to wear stripes with
checks, the new Themes feature makes attractive, color-coordinated diagrams incredibly
easy. In Visio 2007, the Themes feature offers sets of designer-coordinated colors that
look good together as well as Theme effects for applying predefined consistent fills and
borders to the shapes on your diagrams. See Chapter 7 for the details on Themes.

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Data Link — The new Data Link feature simplifies connecting Visio diagrams to data
sources, connecting data source fields to Visio shape data fields, and managing the data con-
nections you’ve made. In addition, for two-way data links, the Database Wizard is still avail-
able. See Chapter 10 for more information on integrating Visio drawings with data sources.

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Data Graphics — Data Graphics can visualize data associated with shapes in several ways,
including text callouts, status bars, and icon sets (for example, to represent status stoplight
fashion with red, green, and yellow circles). Unlike the extensive shape customizations
required in earlier versions of Visio, Data Graphics provide several pre-defined methods
for showing data associated with shapes. However, if you want to build your own Data
Graphics, that’s easy, too. See Chapter 10 for more on working with Data Graphics.

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Getting Started — When you choose File ➪ New ➪ Getting Started, the reorganized
Getting Started window provides easy access to templates and recent documents. The cat-
egories for templates have been simplified so you don’t have to scan the list for the cate-
gory you want. In the main area of the window, you can choose thumbnails of templates
you’ve used recently or Visio drawings you’ve opened recently. The Recent Documents
pane even shows thumbnails of the contents of your drawings. In addition, templates
appear in multiple categories if they support different diagramming tasks. See Chapter 2
for more information on the Getting Started window.

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CAD Integration — The overall design of CAD integration hasn’t changed, but the Visio
team has enhanced the integration in many ways, as discussed in Chapter 29.

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