Microsoft Office VISIO 2007 for Dummies

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-08983-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 759 g

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mueller, John Paul

Walkowski, Debbie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Grafikdesign, Kommunikationsdesign
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 70 books and over 300 articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads-down programming. Some of his current books include a Windows power optimization book, a book on.NET security, and books on Amazon Web Services, Google Web Services, and eBay Web Services. His technical editing skills have helped more than 51 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. John has provided technical editing services to both Data Based Advisor and Coast Compute magazines. He’s also contributed articles to magazines like DevSource, InformIT, Informant, DevX, SQL Server Professional, Visual C++ Developer, Hard Core Visual Basic, asp.netPRO, Software Test and Performance, and Visual Basic Developer.
When John isn’t working at the computer, you can find him in his workshop. He’s an avid woodworker and candle maker. On any given afternoon, you can find him working at a lathe or putting the finishing touches on a bookcase. He also likes making glycerin soap and candles, which comes in handy for gift baskets. You can reach John on the Internet at [e-mail]. John is also setting up a Web site at http://www.mwt.net/~jmueller/; feel free to look and make suggestions on how he can improve it. Check out his weekly blog at http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/AQOA2QP4X1YWP.

Debbie Walkowski has worked in the computer industry for more than 20 years in a variety of positions from sales and marketing to teaching and training. For the last 14 years, she has made writing her primary focus. Her company, the Writing Works, specializes in writing computer self-help books and providing writing services to companies such as Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation), and AT&T Wireless Communications. She has authored 18 books on popular computer software, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Windows, Visio, Quicken, WordPerfect, and Lotus 1-2-3.