Diagramming software for Windows created by Microsoft. Visio is used to create documents such as flowcharts, organizational charts, network topologies, and software architecure diagrams.
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Cannot install Project 2013 or Visio 2013
On my new pc with Win8 Pro x64, I installed Office 2013 Professional Pro 32bit (because I don't want pain with word/outlook addins)
Office runs ok without problems.
Now I try to install Project 2013 ...
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Can I insert Images in Visio which dynamically update?
I have a Visio document which contains a site map and (for demo use when not connected) links through to sample images of each live page.
I would like each image to automatically update from a source ...
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Visio 2010 Organization chart
I'm looking to build an org chart in Visio 2010 by using data from excel. There are many tutorials about this, so this part is pretty easy.
My question is, is there a way to create automatic ...
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Microsoft Visio 2010 Default Connector [closed]
I re-installed my computer, and now visio 2010 connector icon creates a connector with text end1 and end2 plus some dots. My document is a UML activity diagram. It did not do this in my last ...
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Will Office 2013 64bit work alongside Visio 2010 64bit?
I currently have office 64bit 2010 installed + Visio 64bit 2010.
I just bought office 2013 64bit proplus. Can I upgrade office 2010 to office 2013 and keep Visio 2010. Will office 2013 64bit+ Visio ...
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Office Click-to-Run side-by-side with local installation
I have looked for an official support position on this and not having any luck. I have a machine with Office 2013 Click-to-Run installed as part of the Office 365 Home Premium offering. This offering ...
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Visio defaults settings changable?
I would like to change how much I can move a drawing object using shift key and arrow keys. I would like to make the increments very tight for precision moving of items like in AI to get lines to ...
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How do you change the number of decimal positions in Visio 2010
I am running Visio 2010. I am working in 4 decimal places. How do I change it? Help!
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Title Block screen is frozen. Locked out of file
Running Visio 2003. Chose title block from shapes window and placed it in my drawing. I did not put it on the background. Double clicking the text allowed editing and placing of text. This caused a ...
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Is there a partial elipse in the shapes window?
Is there an ellipse graphical as there is an arc graphical in the shapes window? I need a partial ellipse in several complex mechanical drawings.
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Visio 2010 Shapes window is gone from the left panel. How do I get it back?
I have lost my shapes window at the left side of my screen. I can't get it back. How do I open the shapes window?
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visio excel link
I was wondering if is there any chance that I could connect visio with excel in dual link?
ill try to be more specific. I already linked visio with excel, I mean, I edit properties in excel and when I ...
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How to set default distance in Visio?
When I am placing objects one near another, Visio snaps to some irrational distance. How to set it to rational or integer number of grid units?
On picture below it is seen that Visio tends to place ...
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How to set 100% scale in MS Visio?
I can't set 100% scale in Visio, it always rounds to 106%.
Visio version is 2010.
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How to display callbacks in sequence diagrams Visio 2013?
I want to sketch a sequence diagram including callbacks. Poorly Visio 2013 transforms my arrows / messages in dashed return messages. How can I disable this behavior?
Here is a minimal example. All ...
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How Do I Get Bi-Directional Arrows In Visio 2013
This is driving me mad....when I add a 'Connector' to my diagram it is a certain Connector type (Association, Composition, Aggregation, etc...)
I have to select one of those types. And those types ...
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How you can change spacing between multiplicity value and line in Visio
I'm drawing an UML Static Structure diagram. I have too many connections, and values of cardinality often mess up with another associations. It is difficult to understand which cardinality value ...
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Using Visio 2010 Professional to load Oracle database
I can successful connect to my Oracle database using ODBC (SYSTEM DSN), I can access it using SQL*Plus and entering the host (from TNSNames) and username /password and also can see the data when ...
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How to display shape data on the document itself
I updated a sketch and I added data to shapes.
Is there a way to display this data next to the shapes easily? So it would show up when I print it? Or do I need to do it manually by adding text boxes ...
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What is u:R d:R that appears on ERD when adding relationship (Visio 2010)
I am building a Entity-Relationship diagram in Vision 2010 using crow's feet. Everytime I connect to tables with a relationship the following element appears near the "many" side.
u:R
d:R
I can ...
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Draw closed interval (line with strokes on both sides)
I need to draw an interval closed from both sides. It looks exactly like visio's timeline, except I don't need dates on it. When I configure timeline to hide the dates, small strokes on both sides ...
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How can I create multiple diagram types in a single Visio document?
I created a Visio document using the UML sequence diagram template. I would like to include a basic flowchart diagram as one of the pages.
How can I do this in the same document while keeping the ...
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Method or Variable type is Collections in Visio's Class diagram
I am drawing a class diagram currently, in which there are variables of 'Collections' type and also methods that return 'Collections'.
I am unable to find any Collections type from the list given ...
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Parameters of operations in Visio's Class diagram
I am drawing a Class diagram in Visio.
In the operations part of a class, I would like to show the parameters.
For example: doMethod(String hi): void.
But I don't know how to set the parameters.
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Microsoft Visio - What is the shape name if it exists?
I am trying to depict an x number of servers.
I want to do something like this:
(pic of server 1) (pic of server 2) ... (pic of server n)
What is the standard way to depict the "..." part? I tried ...
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Exporting Data Types in visio
I have been working on some Java Data Types in visio 2007. I was wondering if there was a way to export that data from visio?
Is there a directory some where that contains that data?
I would like to ...
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Call Visio POLYLINE function with variable list of coordinates
I'm trying to design a Visio 2010 shape whose geometry depends on the shape's width. That is, the number and the length of the segments that make up the shape's geometry depends on the width.
Instead ...
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Make table from object
There is a feature in Omnigraffle called "Make table" that lets you add a table behaviour to an object, or a set of objects. Eg, if you have a label and set the Make table attribute on it, as you ...
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Is it possible to draw frame around group in Visio?
Groups in Visio have well defined margins independent on group content (see picture below). Is it possible to visualize this margin, i.e. to assign line color and width to it?
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Finding Visio Shapes
Is there some way of printing out ALL Visio shapes - I used to manually do a screen shot of all the shapes and then print it out and bind it so I could flip through the pages and pick out shapes that ...
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Allow horizontal resizing from only one side of a shape
Visio shapes have 8 resize handles. If I protect the height of the shape, only the handles in the middle of the left and right borders remain active. Now, is there a way to disable the left resize ...
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Problems with resizing when wireframing in Visio
I'm quite the novice when it comes to Visio, and I can't say that it has been a very pleasant experience so far..
I have a set of shapes that are copies of one another. They are to be placed into a ...
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Visio 2010 UML - Typing in Operation and Attributes Manually
I find clicking buttons, typing in fields for tables, creating new data types for custom return types, clicking drop down buttons for primitive types, checking boxes for polymorphism, etc. tiresome ...
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Connector wilth multiple annotations?
I'd like a connector that I can add text to not just in the middle but also at either end. How do I customise things to do that?
(I'm drawing a diagram to represent network connections and I'd like ...
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How to create double outlined shape in Visio 2010?
Is there any way to create a double outlined shape (triangle) for example ?
(i've noticed i can create another similar shape in the back but i'm looking for more elegant solution)
Thanks
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How to open embedded Visio files with only Visio Viewer?
For some bizarre reason Visio Viewer seems incapable of opening vsd files when they're embedded within a (2010) Excel document:
However if I open the Excel document with 7-zip, browse to ...
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Link two or more text boxes in Visio
I am working on creating a template in Visio 2007 (Professional).
Each page should reflect a document number and a revision number (two text boxes). I would like to make the template such that ...
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Moving endpoint of freeform curve
How do you move the endpoint of a freeform curve?
This seems like it should be really simple but whenever I try with either the freeform tool or the pencil tool, it extends the curve rather than ...
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Tools for drawing graph [closed]
what is the best tool to draw graph like this? If using visio, what template should I use? Thanks, I am using Windows 7.
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How to visualize business processes using Microsoft Visio
How can I visualize business processes of a company using Microsoft Visio? I means processes like printing a form, fill in the form, enter the form data into a system and so on.
UPDATE: Maybe I ...
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How to convert OmniGraffle files to a non-proprietary format [closed]
I have inherited a bunch of graphs in OmniGraffle format which I need to edit. I do not have access to a Mac, and I have no desire to buy OmniGraffle either. I've looked at the .graffle files which ...
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How to protect custom shapes from being reused? Visio 2010
We are building a set of documentation for our business with Visio 2010.
We need to make the Visio files accessible to external consultants for review, but we want to ensure that they cannot copy any ...
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How to change Microsoft Visio relation line color?
So I've just been given an entity diagram in Microsoft's Visio and it has hundreds of tables.
Is there any way to change the line color so I can easily track down the table it's linked to? As of ...
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How to have a Custom Container's text in the Header
I am trying to build a custom container. I have created a separate object for my header and set User.msvStructureType = "Heading"
I'd expect that when selecting the container, any text I type will ...
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Select multiple objects on top of simlanes
I have a cross functional work flow in visio 2003 with 6 horizontal swimlanes. I am trying to select multiple processes that are on top of the swimlanes, however, when trying to drag a selection area ...
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Visio 2010 - Where is Set Display Options
In visio 2003 you had the option Set display option when you right clicked on an object, in this menu I had the possibility of choosing Calculated Area..... Where is the similar function in 2010, ...
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Custom style for any new drawing element in Visio 2010
You know how easily Microsoft Word adopts your visual style of writing, like text color, size, etc and uses it for any subsequent text you write, right? Well, I can't get similar behavior with Visio, ...
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Display primary : foreign key relationships in Visio database diagram
I've created a Database Model relationship diagram in Visio with tables and relationships. However, I can't find any way to automatically display the Primary Key :: Foreign Key relationship in the ...
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Change default shape protection properties in Visio
Every time I drop a shape into my diagram in Visio, the shape is created with Text and Height properties set as protected. Since I always have to change the text of the shape, I have to perform couple ...
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Drop down list in Visio using data from Sharepoint
I am building a template for my team to use for network diagrams for our various office locations. New offices are added to a SharePoint list. I'd like to make that list available to a Visio 2010 ...
