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| Introduction | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Using This Book | |
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| Special Features | |
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| About the USING Web Edition | |
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| Introducing Visio 2010 | |
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| What Is Visio? | |
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| Getting Started: Creating a Simple Flowchart | |
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| Creating a Simple Visio Flowchart | |
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| What Kinds of Diagrams Can Visio Create? | |
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| Examples of What Visio Can Do | |
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| Connected Diagrams | |
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| Block Diagrams | |
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| Measured Drawings | |
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| What Visio Isn't | |
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| Understanding Visio 2010 Editions | |
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| What's New in Visio 2010? | |
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| Updated User Interface | |
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| Enhanced Diagramming Features | |
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| Getting Around in Visio Using the Fluent UI | |
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| The Ribbon | |
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| The Quick Access Toolbar | |
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| Right-click Context Menus | |
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| The Backstage Area | |
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| Status Bar | |
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| Working in the Visio Drawing Window | |
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| Task Panes | |
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| Page Tabs | |
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| Ruler & Grid | |
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| Multiple Drawing Windows | |
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| Getting a Handle on Shapes | |
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| Working Faster with Keyboard Shortcuts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working Around the Diagram | |
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| Getting Started with a New Drawing | |
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| Navigating the Template Gallery | |
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| What Happens When You Start from a Template? | |
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| Creating a Blank Drawing | |
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| Creating a New Drawing from an Existing Drawing | |
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| Using Templates Online | |
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| Saving Diagrams | |
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| Saving Documents Using Save As | |
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| Saving Documents Using Save & Send | |
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| Configuring Auto Save | |
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| Finding and Managing Shapes | |
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| Navigating the Shapes Window | |
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| Quick Shapes--Accessing and Managing Frequently Used Shapes | |
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| Opening Other Stencils | |
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| Searching for Shapes | |
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| Saving Favorite Shapes | |
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| Managing and Organizing Your Favorite Shapes | |
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| Editing Existing Stencils | |
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| Creating a Custom Master Shape and a Custom Stencil | |
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| Understanding the Document Stencil | |
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| Managing and Styling Pages | |
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| Inserting Pages | |
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| Working with Background Pages | |
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| Inserting Backgrounds, Titles, and Borders | |
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| Renaming Pages | |
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| Reordering Pages | |
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| Controlling Page Size and Orientation | |
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| Setting Page Scales | |
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| Using Themes to Change the Look of Pages and Documents | |
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| Using the Theme Gallery Control | |
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| Setting Themes, Theme Colors, and Theme Effects | |
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| Applying Themes to Pages versus Documents | |
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| Preventing Theming | |
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| Setting Color Palettes and Themes | |
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| Using Visio Windows | |
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| Managing Windows | |
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| Using Full-Screen View | |
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| Summary | |
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| Organizing and Annotating Diagrams | |
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| Containers and Lists | |
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| Containers | |
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| Lists | |
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| Groups | |
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| Creating a Grouped Shape | |
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| When Not to Use Groups | |
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| Editing Inside a Group | |
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| Callouts | |
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| Using Visio 2010's New Callouts | |
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| Using Legacy Callout Shapes | |
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| ScreenTips on Shapes | |
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| Adding ScreenTips to Shapes | |
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| Strategies for Using ScreenTips | |
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| Headers and Footers | |
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| Inserting Fields into Shape Text | |
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| Inserting Text Fields in Shape Text | |
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| Layers | |
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| Basic Layer Skills | |
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| Practical Application of Layers | |
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| Visio Layers for Power Users | |
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| Markup & Review | |
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| Comments | |
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| Markup | |
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| Ink | |
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| Summary | |
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| Connecting Shapes | |
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| Understanding Visio Connectors | |
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| Connecting Basics | |
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| Using the Connector Tool | |
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| Connectors Are Shapes, Too! | |
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| Connecting to Shapes versus Points on Shapes | |
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| Connecting Shapes in Multiple Ways | |
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| How Do I Connect Thee? Let Me Count the Ways | |
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| AutoConnect Arrows | |
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| Dragging, Splitting, and Deleting | |
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| Changing the Appearance of Connectors | |
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| Formatting Connectors | |
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| Changing Routing Style for Connectors | |
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| Controlling Line Jumps for Connectors | |
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| Manually Editing Connector Paths | |
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| Adding and Editing Connection Points | |
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| Adding and Removing Connection Points to Shapes | |
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| Summary | |
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| Aligning, Arranging, and Laying Out Shapes | |
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| Aligning and Arranging Shapes | |
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| Using the Dynamic Grid to Align Shapes as You Draw | |
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| Using Auto Align & Space to Clean Up Connected Diagrams | |
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| Aligning and Distributing Shapes Using Position Functions | |
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| Using the Grid, Ruler, and Guides | |
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| Nudging Shapes | |
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| Controlling Front-to-Back Positioning | |
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| Laying Out Shapes | |
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| Using Visio's Layout Features | |
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| Fine-tuning Layout | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working with Individual Shapes | |
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| Copying and Duplicating Shapes | |
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| Constraining Drag and Repeating Copies | |
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| Creating a Table of Boxes | |
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| Quickly Formatting a Table of Boxes | |
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| Resizing and Rotating Shapes | |
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| Resizing 2D Shapes | |
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| Resizing 1D Shapes | |
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| Rotating 2D Shapes | |
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| Formatting Individual Shapes | |
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| Changing Line, Fill, and Text Attributes | |
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| Which Formatting Attributes Can Be Edited? | |
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| Curing Menu Cascade-itis | |
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| Finding More Options | |
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| Formatting Groups | |
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| Setting Default Formatting | |
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| Working with Text | |
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| Creating and Editing Text Blocks | |
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| Editing and Formatting Text | |
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| Text Resizing Behavior | |
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| Using Special Shape Features | |
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| Right-Click Actions | |
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| Shape Data Fields | |
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| Control Handles | |
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| Hyperlinks | |
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| Action Tags | |
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| Double-Clicking | |
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| Importing Graphics | |
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| Using Images as Shapes in Visio | |
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| Adding Clip Art to Your Diagrams | |
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| Adding Excel Charts to Your Diagrams | |
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| Importing Vector Graphics | |
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| Importing AutoCAD Drawings | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working with Data | |
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| Introducing Shape Data Fields | |
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| Exploring Shape Data | |
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| Types and Uses of Shape Data | |
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| Creating and Using Shape Data Fields | |
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| Adding Simple Data Fields | |
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| Choosing Shape Data Field Types | |
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| Creating Lists and Controlling Formatting | |
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| Saving Sets of Shape Data Fields | |
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| Displaying Shape Data in Shape Text | |
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| Shape Data Labels versus Names | |
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| Creating Reports | |
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| Introducing the Report Definition Wizard | |
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| Grouping and Totaling Items in a Report | |
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| Using Reports with Other Documents | |
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| Linking External Data to Shapes | |
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| Preparing the Data | |
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| Preparing the Light Bulb Shape for Data Linking | |
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| Using the Database Wizard | |
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| Using Link Data | |
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| Introducing Data Graphics | |
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| What Is a Data Graphic? | |
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| Creating Data Graphics | |
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| Applying Data Graphics to Shapes | |
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| Other Data-Enabled Solutions in Visio | |
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| Summary | |
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| Tips for Creating Specific Types of Diagrams | |
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| Tips for Creating Process and Flowchart Diagrams | |
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| Working with Autoresizing Flowchart Shapes | |
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| Connecting to Decision Shapes | |
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| Creating Subprocesses to Drill Down to Details | |
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| Managing Swimlanes and Phases in Cross-functional Flowcharts | |
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| Numbering Shapes | |
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| Validating Diagrams | |
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| Business Process Diagrams (BPMN) and SharePoint | |
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| Workflows | |
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| Tips for Creating Network Diagrams | |
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| Logical Network Diagrams | |
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| Rack Diagrams | |
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| Tips for Creating Block Diagrams | |
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| Blending Block Shapes Together | |
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| 3D Perspective Block Diagrams | |
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| Corner Rounding and Other Tips for Architecture Block Diagrams | |
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| Tips for Creating Timelines | |
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| Tips for Creating Organizational Charts | |
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| Drawing and Editing Org Charts by Hand | |
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| Generating Org Charts from Data Using the Wizard | |
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| Using Walls, Windows, and Doors in Office and Space Plans | |
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| Creating Building Plans Using Wall Shapes | |
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| Using Window, Door, and Space Shapes with Walls | |
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| Dimension Lines | |
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| Summary | |
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| Printing | |
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| Printing Basics | |
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| Printing from the Backstage Area | |
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| Print Preview | |
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| Experimenting with Printing Without Wasting Trees | |
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| Understanding Printing | |
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| Keeping Print Variables in Mind | |
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| Looking at a Complicated Print Job from a Simple Document | |
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| Headers and Footers and Print Margins | |
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| Printing Scenarios | |
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| Printing Part of a Diagram | |
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| Selectively Printing Elements in a Drawing | |
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| Printing Tiled Drawings | |
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| Printing Complex, Mixed-Orientation Drawings | |
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| Printing Any Size Drawing on Any Size Paper | |
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| Printing Multiple Drawings on a Single Sheet | |
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| Printing Scaled Drawings at Reduced Size | |
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| Printing High-Quality Materials | |
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| Summary | |
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| Sharing, Publishing, and Exporting Visio Diagrams | |
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| Sending Visio Files in Email | |
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| Sending a Visio File via Email | |
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| Creating Web Pages from Visio Drawings | |
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| Saving as Web Page | |
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| Exploring Visio-Generated Web Pages | |
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| Fine-tuning Web Pages and Battling Bugs | |
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| Saving as PDF or XPS Files | |
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| Saving a PDF or XPS Document | |
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| Saving Visio Files in XML Format | |
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| Saving Files in Older Visio Formats | |
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| Using Visio Graphics with Other Applications | |
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| Copying from Visio | |
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| Default Paste Behavior | |
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| Using Paste Special and Matching Themes Across | |
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| Applications | |
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| Using Visio Graphics Outside Office | |
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| Exporting Visio Graphics to Other Formats | |
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| Saving Bitmapped Images | |
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| Saving to Vector Formats | |
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| Working with SharePoint | |
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| Working with Files in Document Libraries | |
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| Introducing Visio Services for SharePoint 2010 | |
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| Cleaning Up Documents | |
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| Setting Document Properties | |
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| Removing Personal Information | |
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| Reducing File Size | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |
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| The following chapter can be accessed online at quepublishing.com/using | |
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| Developing Custom Visio Solutions | |
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| Introducing the Notes Shape | |
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| Using the Developer Ribbon Tab | |
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| Creating SmartShapes with the ShapeSheet | |
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| Introducing the ShapeSheet | |
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| Creating Smart Geometry in the ShapeSheet | |
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| Understanding Visio's Coordinate System | |
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| Controlling Grouped Shapes with the ShapeSheet | |
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| Linking Subshape Text to Shape Data Fields | |
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| Modifying the Text Block Using the ShapeSheet | |
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| Adding Right-Click Actions to the SmartShape | |
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| Introducing Automation and VBA Code | |
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| Exploring the VBA Development | |
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| Using the Macro Recorder to Generate Code | |
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| Calling VBA Code from a SmartShape | |
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| Distributing Templates and Stencils | |
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| Creating a Template with a Document Stencil | |
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| Creating a Separate Stencil for Shape and Code Delivery | |
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| Creating a Template with a Separate Stencil | |
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| Locating Visio Development Resources | |
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| Books About Visio Development and Customization | |
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| Websites About Visio Development and Customization | |
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| Summary | |