Microsoft Office Visio 2007 for dummies / by John Paul Mueller and Debbie Walkowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mueller, John, 1958-

Contributor:

Walkowski, Debbie.

Series:

--For dummies.

--For dummies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microsoft Visio.

Business--Data processing.

Business.

Computer graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 toCreate business, engineering, software, or network diagramsFormat an entire drawing using themesAnaly

Contents:

Microsoft Office Visio 2007 For Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; Author's Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Starting with Visio 2007 Basics; Chapter 1: Visio 101; Getting the Scoop on Visio; Familiarizing Yourself with Visio Lingo; Understanding the Vista Difference; Jumping Head First into Visio; Getting Help When You Need It; Closing Visio

Chapter 2: Creating and Saving a Simple Visio DrawingCreating a Drawing the Standard Way; Understanding the Visio Drawing Categories; Working with Stencils; Selecting a Pointer Tool Button; Working with Shapes; Navigating through a Drawing; Zeroing In on a Drawing; Saving Drawings; Using a Visio Wizard to Create a Drawing; Opening Drawings; Chapter 3: Printing Visio Drawings; Understanding How Visio Prints; Preparing to Print; Printing Your Drawing; Adding Headers and Footers to a Drawing; Printing Gridlines; Printing Part of a Drawing; Reducing and Enlarging Printed Drawings

Setting Shapes Not to PrintPrinting Reviewers' Comments; Printing a Background Separately; Printing Layers Separately; Part II: Creating Visio Drawings; Chapter 4: Discovering What Visio Shapes Are All About; Discovering What's in a Shape; Working with Shapes; Controlling Shapes; Finding the Shapes You Want; Jazzing Up Your Drawings; Chapter 5: Adding Text to Your Drawings; Understanding Text Blocks; Adding Text to a Drawing; Working with Text and Text Blocks; Changing the Way Your Text Looks; Chapter 6: Connecting Shapes; Discovering Connectors; Working with Connection Points

Applying Glue (without the Mess)Gluing Connectors to Shapes; Managing Connectors; Laying Out Shapes Automatically; Part III: Taking Your Drawings to the Next Level; Chapter 7: Perfecting Your Drawings; All about Measurements and Placement Tools; Using the Drawing Grid; Using Dynamic Grid; Setting Drawing Scale; Snapping Shapes into Place; Measuring Up with Rulers; Using Guide Lines and Guide Points; Aligning and Distributing Shapes; Chapter 8: Creating and Customizing Shapes; Creating Unique Shapes the Fun Way; Drawing Your Own Shapes; Manipulating Shapes; Adding Style to Your Shapes

Managing Shapes by GroupingChapter 9: Working with Pages; The Role of the Template; Reorienting a Page; Setting a Page Size; Adding and Deleting Pages in a Drawing; Working with Multiple Pages; Renaming Pages; Viewing on the Big Screen; What's in a Background?; Rotating Pages; Chapter 10: Layering Your Drawings; Getting the Essential Facts on Layers and Layering; Working with Layers; Assigning Shapes to Layers; Using Layers on Background Pages; Protecting Layers from Changes; Assigning a Color to a Layer; Selecting Layers to Print; Snap and Glue Options for Layers

Part IV: Advancing Your Knowledge of Visio

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-118-05109-2

0-470-12065-7

OCLC:

808600431