Learn how to use and customize Visio diagramming software
For Visio users, we offer these two ebooks:
- Inside Visio 2002
204 pages. $20.40
- Tailoring Visio 2002
378 pages. $37.80. Co-author Frank Zander
Inside Visio 2002 describes how to accomplish common tasks with Visio Visio 2002. Ten chapters and an appendix cover flowcharts, business forms, network diagrams, and more. Each chapter provides a basic (simple) and an advanced tutorial. Topics include:
Touring the Visio 2002 User Interface
Creating Maps
Creating Calendars
Creating Business Forms
Creating Flowcharts
Creating Organizaion Charts
Creating Gannt Charts
Creating Network Diagrams
Creating Office Layouts
Isometric & CAD Drawings
Mouse & Keyboard Shortcuts
The special features in this e-book include the following:
Selecting shapes
Basic Shape Operations
Clipboard Formats
File Formats for the Web
About CAD Drawings
Isometric Drawings
Quickly Changing the Format of all Text
Scaled Drawings and Dimensions
Free bonus! Click here to download the companion files that give you the exercise files for every chapter's tutorials plus bonus documentation.
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Tailoring Visio 2002 provides complete coverage of customizing and programming Visio 2002. Fifteen chapters and two appendices cover customizing the user interface, shapes, shapesheets, databases and VBA programming.is the first of our line of e-books for Visio. Written by Ralph Grabowski and Frank Zander. Topics include:
Stencils, masters, and templates
Customizing toolbars, icons, and menus
All about shapes
Understanding coordinate systems
Controlling and programming shapesheets
Using formulas in shapesheets
Linking diagrams to databases
Creating diagrams from text files
Writing VBA programs by Frank Zander
XML for Visio
Special features in this e-book:
Complete shapesheet section and cell reference
Complete shapesheet formula reference
Complete shapesheet command reference
Complete record and field reference
All mouse and keyboard shortcuts
XML file format for Visio
Free bonus! Click here to download companion files that include exercise files for chapter tutorials and bonus documentation.
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Table of Contents: Inside Visio 2002
Chapter 1: The Visio 2002 Tour
Starting Visio. Starting Visio From the Microsoft Windows Start Menu. Starting Visio from the Windows Desktop. Starting Visio From Windows Explorer.
Template Preview. The Task Pane. Starting with Templates Starting with Existing Diagrams Starting with Blank Drawings
Visio’s User Interface Title Bar Resize Visio Window Close Diagram Restore Visio Window Minimize Visio Window Menu Bar Toolbars Status Bar Grid Ruler Stencils Masters Shape Help Page Tab Scrollbar (Horizontal and Vertical) Page Pasteboard Shape (with Selection Handles) Exiting Visio
Basic Mouse Actions Select Drag Right-click Other Mouse Actions Sidebar: Selecting Shapes Keystroke Shortcuts Using Stencils Finding Shapes Oops! I Made a Mistake Saving Your Work Save Automatic Recovery Save As Exporting Diagrams Closing Diagrams and Exiting Visio
Chapter 2: Creating Maps
Basic: Making Directional Maps To Save Diagrams Sidebar: About Creating Maps To Print Diagrams To Close Diagrams To Exit Visio
Advanced: Inserting Diagrams in Word Documents Sidebar: About Clipboard Formats Visio Resources Related Templates Related Stencils Related Toolbars
Chapter 3: Creating Calendars
Basic: Making Single-month Calendars Printing the Calendar
Advanced: Making Twelve-month Calendars Visio Resources Related Template Related Stencil Related Toolbar Related Commands and Wizards
Chapter 4: Creating Business Forms
Basic: Making Business Cards
Advanced: Making Invoices Visio Resources Related Template Related Stencil
Chapter 5: Creating Flowcharts
Basic: Making Flowcharts Sidebar: How to Quickly Change the Format of All Text
Advanced: Creating Hyperlinked Flowcharts Sidebar: Basic Shape Operations Connecting Shapes as You Draw Reversing Your Actions Visio Resources Related Templates: Related Stencils: Related Commands and Wizards Color Schemes Numbered Shapes Import Flowchart Data Wizard
Chapter 6: Creating Organization Charts
Basic: Making Org Charts Strategy 1: Squeeze Boxes Close Together Strategy 2: Make Boxes Smaller Strategy 3: Make Pages Larger Strategy 4: Continue on Other Pages Bonus Org Chart Tips To Change Text in Boxes To Change Type of Shapes To Change Look of Org Charts To Find Persons in Org Charts To Change Layout of Charts
Advanced: Creating Org Charts from Data Files Visio Resources Related Templates Related Stencils Related Commands and Wizards Organization Chart Wizard Organization Chart Converter Related Toolbars & Menus
Chapter 7: Creating Gannt Charts
Basic: Creating Gantt Charts Bonus Gantt Chart Tips Specifying Work Days Add and Removing Rows Moving Columns and Rows Creating Gantt Chart Import Text Files Changing Connector Types Viewing Custom Properties Printing Charts
Advanced: Importing and Exporting Gantt Chart Data Visio Resources Related Template Related Stencil Related Commands and Wizards Gantt Chart Wizard Import Project Data Wizard Export Project Data Wizard Related Toolbars & Menus
Chapter 8: Creating Network Diagrams
Basic: Making a Network Diagram Useful Techniques Get Quick Counts Numbering Devices Advanced Numbering Options
Advanced: Generating Network Equipment Reports Stage 1: Adding Data to Shapes Stage 2: Defining the Report Format Creating the Report Visio Resources Related Template Related Stencils Related Command Related Toolbars
Chapter 9: Creating Office Layouts
Basic: Designing Floorplans Sidebar: Scaled Drawings Sidebar: About Dimensions Useful Techniques The Opening Drawer Sidebar: File Formats for the Web
Advanced: Making a Web Page Visio Resources Related Template: Related Stencil: Related Toolbar: Related Commands
Chapter 10: Isometric & CAD Drawings
Basic: Displaying a CAD Drawing General Tab CAD Drawing Scale Area CAD Drawing Protection Area Layer Tab Sidebar: About CAD Drawings Useful Techniques Displaying DWG in Visio Converting Visio to DWG DWG or DXF Shapes Don’t Convert Linetypes Text Other Issues
Advanced: Making Isometric Drawings Sidebar: About Isometric Drawings Visio Resources Related Templates: Related Stencil: Related Files Related Menus
Appendix A: Mouse & Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts by Task; General Tasks; Pan & Zoom; Diagram Tools; Menu Commands; Text Formatting; Special Text Characters; Text Fields; Full-screen Navigation; Windows Navigation Shortcuts by Keystroke; Mouse Buttons; Function Keys; Punctuation and Other Keys
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Table of Contents: Tailoring Visio 2002
PART I: CUSTOMIZATION
Chapter 1 - Introducing Shapes
Why Customize Visio? Visio Customization Toolbox; Selecting Shapes. Drawer 1 – Drawing Geometry; The Drawing Tools; The Secret Revealed; Visio Objects; Drawer 2 – Apply Styles; Drawer 3 – Select Commands; Drawer 4 – VSD, VSS, and VST Files; Drawer 5 – Customized Toolbars; Drawer 6 – ShapeSheets; Drawer 7 – Database Links; Custom Properties; Data Export and Import; Linking with ODBC Databases; Drawer 8 – Automation, The (Rather Dry) Subject of Coordinate Systems; Shape Coordinates; Relationship Between Page and Shape Coordinates.
Chapter 2 - Creating Masters and Shapes
Grouping Shapes; Controlling the Resize Behavior; Add Shapes to Groups by Dropping Them on a Group; Determine Selection Order; Determine Display Order, Creating Masters From Shapes; Alternative Methods for Creating Masters; Method 1 – Editing an Existing Master; Method 2 – Developing New Masters From Scratch; Method 3 – Creating Shortcuts to Masters; Editing Master Icons, Customizing Shape Formats; Masters vs. Styles; Formats That Can’t be Customized (Very Much); The Master Gotcha; Designing Custom Line Patterns; Specifing Pattern Parameters; Applying Custom Line Patterns; Defining Custom Line Styles; Applying Line Styles; Designing Custom Line Ends; Applying Custom Line Ends; Designing Custom Line End Styles; Designing Custom Fill Patterns; Specify the Pattern Parameters; Applying Custom Fill Patterns; Defining Custom Fill Styles; Designing Custom Text Styles; Defining Custom Text Styles
Chapter 3 - Creating Stencils and Templates
Creating Stencils; Opening Stencil Files for Editing; Visio File Types
Customizing the Page; Creating Templates
Chapter 4 - Tailoring Toolbars and Menus
Toggling Toolbars and Buttons; Displaying Toolbars; Stacking Toolbars; Displaying Buttons; Customizing Toolbars; Changing Toolbar and Menu Options, Options Tab; Creating New Toolbars; Adding Items to Menus; Sharing New Toolbars with Others
PART II: SHAPESEHEETS
Chapter 5 - Introducing Shapesheets
The ShapeSheet is a Spreadsheet; The Section Title Bar; Section Cells; Title Cells; Data Cells; The Layout of Sections; ShapeSheet Sections; ShapeSheet Pros and Cons
A Visual Tour of the ShapeSheet; Displaying the ShapeSheet
The ShapeSheet Behind a Page; Keyboard Shortcuts and Dialog Boxes
The ShapeSheet Behind a Shape; Geometric Data; Line and Fill Data: Text Data; Miscellaneous Data; The Interconnectedness of Sections; Why 1.7321?
Chapter 6 - Controlling Shapesheets
Controlling the ShapeSheet; Shortcuts to the ShapeSheet; Developer Toolbar; Right-clicking; Double-click Behavior; Opening and Closing Sections; Closing the ShapeSheet
ShapeSheet Commands; Action; Change Row Type; Delete Row; Delete Section; Formulas; Function; Name; Row; Row After; Section; Show Sections;Values
Chapter 7 - Customizing and Programming Shapesheets
Introduction to Custom Properties; Adding Custom Properties; Editing Custom Property Values; Exporting Custom Property Data, Working with Custom Properties; Stage 1 – Create the Custom Properties Section; Stage 2 – Notice the Link between the Section and the Dialog Box; Stage 3 – Understand the Purpose of Each Cell; Label Cell; Prompt Cell; Invisible Cell; Ask Cell; SortKey Cell; Value Cell; Type and Format Cells; Prop.Row_n Cell; tage 4 – Add Text to the Shape, Applying Custom Properties; Adding the Properties Command; Creating Masters; Export the Data
Writing ShapeSheet Formulae; ShapeSheet Cell Names
Chapter 8 - The Complete Shapesheet Reference
ShapeSheet Jargon; ShapeSheet Sections; History of Changes to the ShapeSheet, 1-D Endpoints; Actions; Alignment; Character; Connection Points; Controls; Format Pictures; Custom Properties; Document Properties; Events; Fill Format; Foreign Image Info; Geometry; Glue Info; Group Properties; Hyperlinks; Image Properties; Layer Membership; Layers; Line Format; Miscellaneous; Page Layout; Page Properties; Paragraph; Protection; Ruler & Grid; Scratch; Shape Layout; Shape Transform; Style Properties; Tabs; Text Block Format; Text Fields; Text Transform; User-Defined Cells
Chapter 9 - Using Formulas in Shapesheet Cells
Formula Tips; How to Hide Shapes; How to Prevent Shapes From Rotating and Flipping; How to Access Other Cells; How to Keep Shapes in Place; Cell References; How to Make Shapes Tag Along; How to Resize Shapes with Control Handles; How to Resize Text with the Shape; How to Resize Shapes to Fit Text; How to Resize Shapes Based on Text; How to Rotate Shapes Independently of Text, Summary of ShapeSheet Formulae; Arithmetic Functions; Geometric Functions; Window Management Functions; Color and Pattern Functions; Date and Time Functions; Text Functions; Event Functions; Properties Functions; Data Functions; Miscellaneous Functions; Mathematical Functions; Statistical Functions; Trigonometric Functions; Comparison Functions; Logical Functions; Error Handling Functions; Error Types
PART III: DATABASES
Chapter 10 - Introducing Databases
What are Databases? Reasons for Making the Connection; Diagram or Database? Visio and ODBC; Which Database Program? How Visio Connects with Databases; Visio Data Types; Visio Unit Codes
Chapter 11 - Exporting Diagrams to Databases
Visio Database Wizards and Commands; Tutorial – Exporting a Diagram for the First Time; ShapeID; Guid; Tutorial 2 Exporting an Updated Diagram
Chapter 12 - Linking Databases with Diagrams
Using the Database Wizard; Tutorial - Exporting Visio to Excel; Database Wizard Limitations; Tutorial – Updating Visio with Excel; Tutorial - Creating Masters from Databases, Examining Database Links; The Actions Section; The User-defined Cells Section; The Custom Properties Section; The Events Section
Chapter 13 - Creating Diagrams From Text Files
The Format of Text Files; The Text File Format; Record Names; The Format of Records; Tutorial – Creating Diagrams from Text Files, Manual and Automatic Shape Positioning; Manual Coordinates; Automatic Coordinates; Tutorial – Creating Linked Diagrams; Stage 1: Examine the Master Shapes.; Stage 2: Write the Text File; Stage 3: Import into Visio, Record and Field Reference; AvenueSize; BlockSize; Gridding; LineToLineClearance; Link; Master; NodeToLineClearance; PlacementStyle; Property; RoutingStyle; Shape; Template
PART IV: VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS
by Frank Zander
Chapter 14 - Learning to Write VBA Programs
What is VBA? Starting the Visual Basic Editor; A Tour of the Visual Basic Editor; Tutorial – Writing Your First VBA Program; A Closer Look at the Code; Tutorial – Creating Forms to Collect Information; Tutorial – Initializing the UserForm with Default Data; BeforeDocumentSave Event Revisited; Creating Modules
Chapter 15 - Advanced VBA Programming
Tutorial 1 – Saving Layer Information to Files; Looking at the Code; Reference VB/VBA Web Sites; Tutorial 2: Exporting VBA Code; Exporting Forms; Exporting Code Modules; Tutorial 3 – Importing VBA Code; Tutorial 4 – Importing Text into Visio; Looking Closer at the Code; Code for Sub Main; Code for Sub ImportTextFile; Tutorial 5: Formatting Text in Shapes; Looking Closer at the Code; Importing VBA Forms and Code Modules to VB; Tutorial 6 – Creating a VB EXE as a Startup EXE; CheckDocumentInfo; Sub Main; Looking at the Code for Sub Main:; Automatic Loading of EXEs; Making EXE Applications Easy to Access
PART V: APPENDICES
Appendix A - Mouse & Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcuts by Task; General Tasks; Pan & Zoom; Diagram Tools; Menu Commands; Text Formatting; Special Text Characters; Text Fields; Full-screen Navigation; Windows Navigation, Shortcuts by Keystroke; Mouse Buttons; Function Keys; Punctuation and Other Keys
Appendix B - XML in Visio
About XML; Exporting and Importing XML Files; XML for Visio Schema; Section A
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