Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Step by Step

Description

Experience learning made easy-and quickly teach yourself how to create professional-looking business and technical diagrams with Visio 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace-building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

* Build organization charts, floor plans, and other diagrams
* Add color, text, and other effects
* Connect shapes and create effective flowcharts
* Visualize and analyze data with new PivotDiagrams
* Insert and modify diagrams in other Microsoft Office documents
* Create your own shapes and templates and build custom diagrams

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:

* Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
* Fully searchable eBook
* Bonus chapters on advanced Visio 2007 topics
* Bonus quick reference to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface
* Windows Vista(R) Product Guide eReference-plus other resources on CD

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.

CONTENTS:

What’s New in Visio 2007?; Features and Conventions of This Book; Getting Help; Getting Help with This Book and Its CD; Getting Help with Microsoft Office Visio 2007; More Information; Using the Book’s CD-ROM; Minimum System Requirements; Installing the Practice Files; Using the Practice Files; Uninstalling the Practice Files; Quick Reference; 1 Getting Started with Visio 2007; 2 Adding Shapes to Diagrams; 3 Formatting Shapes and Diagrams; 4 Connecting Shapes; 5 Creating Project Schedules; 6 Creating Organization Charts; 7 Laying Out Office Spaces; 8 Creating Network Diagrams; Chapter 1: Getting Started with Visio 2007; Starting Diagrams by Using Templates; Working Within the Visio Environment; Customizing the Visio Environment; Getting Visio and Diagram Help; Key Points; Chapter 2: Adding Shapes to Diagrams; Working with 1-D and 2-D Shapes; Adding Text to Shapes and the Drawing Page; Moving, Sizing, Rotating, and Copying Shapes; Working with Groups; Finding Shapes for Diagrams; Inserting Pictures into Diagrams; Key Points; Chapter 3: Formatting Shapes and Diagrams; Formatting Individual Shapes; Adding Decorative Elements to Diagrams; Applying Themes to Entire Diagrams; Key Points; Chapter 4: Connecting Shapes; Connecting Shapes in Flowcharts; Modifying Shape Connections; Changing the Layout of Connected Shapes; Key Points; Chapter 5: Creating Project Schedules; Creating Timelines to View Projects at a Glance; Exporting Timelines to Create Gantt Charts; Tracking Project Details with Gantt Charts; Key Points; Chapter 6: Creating Organization Charts; Importing Data to Create Organization Charts; Storing and Displaying Employee Information in Organization Charts; Customizing the Layout of Organization Charts; Key Points; Chapter 7: Laying Out Office Spaces; Creating Scaled Office Spaces; Adding Door, Window, and Furniture Shapes to Office Layouts; Organizing Shapes in Office Layouts by Using Layers; Key Points; Chapter 8: Creating Network Diagrams; Connecting Shapes in Network Diagrams; Storing Information with Network Shapes; Creating Network Reports; Key Points; Glossary; Appendix : About the Authors; Appendix : Choose the Right Book for You; Published and Upcoming Titles;