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I think the user was asking about finding a database stencil, rather than looking to generate a Visio document for an existing database.
If that is correct, I believe the desired shape can be found under:
File -> Shapes -> Flowchart -> Miscellaneous Flowchart Shapes
Source:
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Here is an annotated list of alternatives to MS Visio. SmartDraw is considered a close match to Visio.
Otherwise it includes:
Inspiration
TeamFlow
iGrafx FlowCharter
Kivio
Edge Designer
FlowBiz
PathMaker
RFFlow
Patton & Patton Flow Charting
Graham Process Charting Software
allCLEAR
OmniGraffle
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The best I've been able to do is edit a master shape.
Right-click the stencil that contains the shape(s) you want to edit, click Save As and give the stencil a useful name.
Now the stencil is editable, woohoo! Right-click the shape whose defaults you want to change, select Edit master → Edit Master Shape and edit away.
When you're done, close the ...
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What you want is Layout and Routing.
On the Design tab there is a section labeled Layout on the right.
In the bottom right corner of that section is a small box with an arrow, if you click that you will get to Layout and Routing , and on the bottom, under Other, uncheck Move other shapes away on drop.
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This can't easily be done, because Visio doesn't provide a nice .Copy method on the page object in Visio.
This can be done through VBA, but it is not as straightforward as I think it should be.
I'll paste some VBA code below that you can use by passing an array of filenames in that will copy in all pages in each of those documents. Note however it will not ...
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On the Mac, I'm a big fan of OmniGraffle from The Omni Group. It has all the features you're looking for, and the pro version can even import and export visio files.
There's also a website called Graffletopia (which, as a new user, I'm apparently not allowed to link to) that's full of user-contributed stencils and extras you can use.
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I am a fan of OpenOffice Draw.
Anyway, This page discusses a few - http://www.osalt.com/visio
When I did my course at uni, we were encouraged to use Violet for UML modelling as a alternative to Visio, can't remember if it does what you need though!
(I am unable to find it, but sure this has been asked before.)
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Which version do you have? Because it's not included in all version.
Standard : This edition does not include the Database Model Diagram template.
Professional: This edition supports the reverse engineering features for the Database Model Diagram template (that is, using an existing database to create a model in Visio) but does not support forward ...
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Open up your diagram, and goto Database - Options - Document... on the menu bar. From there, access the Relationship tab.
You need to enable the Cardinality option, which (making an assumption here from your first diagram) you will probably have to disable the Crows Feet option to be able to use.
You set the numbers using the options within the Database ...
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You have to use the Text Block Tool, which will let you rotate the text however you want.
In Visio 2010 the Text Block Tool is right on the main Home tab. It is to the right of the Text tool. The icon has the letter "A" with a arrow going around it. Keyboard shortcut is Shift + ctrl + 4
In Visio 2007 the Text Block Tool is located in the Toolbar along ...
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Does this help:
Enabling the Developer Tab: Visio Options -> Customize Ribbon -> Customize the Ribbon -> Main Tabs -> Check “Developer” tree node (or check 'Run in developer mode' Advanced section)
Developer Tab should now be visible in Ribbon
Click "drawing explorer window"
You should see all tabs listed in Foreground pages, double clicking any page ...
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One way to do this is hold down the Control key and put your mouse over the edge of the "paper" space in Visio. The grip changes to resize shapes so you can modify the drawing size.
Hope that helps. It seems there are many different ways to do this in Visio, but it's hard to use the one that sticks when it comes to printing...
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The article Organizational Chart Template suggests using Excel and offers 11 free templates of different types, including one Matrix Organizational Structure :
Why use Excel to create a Company Organization Chart?
You can create a very large organizational chart and then use the
print settings to fit the entire org
chart onto a single page. ...
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In Visio 2010 go to Insert -> Object -> Microsoft Excel Worksheet. You can also create tables from the shapes in Visio in the following way.
Open the stencil containing the table shape you want: click the Shapes button on the Standard toolbar, select Charts And Graphs and then select Charting Shapes.
Visio adds the stencil to your drawing.
Drag the Grid ...
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To do this for custom stencil, Right click on your Shapes toolbar & Click on "Edit Stencil". Now, all the shapes in the stencil will be in edit mode.
Now right click on the Shape and select Edit Master -> Edit Master Shape
The shape will now open in Shape Editor. Now click on Formatting -> Protection & disable/enable protection on the the ...
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Let's see which file formats are shared between the two if we are moving data from Google Docs to Visio!
Google Docs' supported export file formats for Drawings:
PDF Document (.pdf)
Scalable Vector Graphics (.svg)
PNG image (.png)
JPEG image (.jpg)
Visio's supported import file formats:
AutoCAD Drawing File Format (.dwg, .dxf)
Compressed ...
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This tool may help you: http://viziblr.com/news/2012/3/10/browsing-visio-2010-stencil-shapes-as-a-document.html
It will create an HTML document that shows all the shapes in one or more stencils. So now you can browse the shapes without having to open up all the stencils one by one.
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You did not mention what version of Visio you have. Here is how to do what you are trying in the version I have.
Create a standard connector between items.
Select then right click the connector you want to be just dots.
Choose Format, then Line from the context menu.
4. Changing the line pattern to dots is what you described. Choose the properties you ...
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These screenshots below are for Visio 2007, but the instructions should be similar for Visio 2010.
Let's start by recreating the problem: the white background behind the text on the line
Right-click on the arrow and select Format / Text
This will launch the Text dialog. Under the Text Block tab look at the options for Text background. You'll notice ...
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Look in "Software and Database" under "Template Categories". You'll be prompted for a URL when you create the document.
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Visio is incredibly powerful, complicated, and (IMO) well designed. It is not so much a vector graphics editor as it is a specification environment for diagram technique specific diagram editors.
It shines when you need that capability.
Dia is nothing like it. It is just a vector graphics editor with a superficial resemblance to Visio. You can indeed ...
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I assume your sketches are in a bitmap format such as .jpg .png or .bmp
And you want to convert this to a format where you can individually edit the components in the drawing such as lines, shapes, etc. rather than a painting tool which just works with the pixels.
vectormagic.com converts bitmaps to the open w3c approved standard, SVG, Scaleable Vector ...
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It appears that the stencils themselves only have basic color theming functionality unless they're designed to support the "interface". i.e. This page talks about the details.
I agree about the clunkiness of it - I would guess it's a feature that can/should grow in usefulness over time. For example, I'd love it if the color blending would happen at the ...
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I got this from Visio help:
From Blocks, drag a tree shape onto
the drawing page. If you want two
branches, use a Double-tree shape.
If you want two or more branches, use
a Multi-tree shape. Drag the yellow
control handle on the trunk to the
right to create more branches.
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And then there's VUE, very powerful tool, best of all its free! you just have to sign up with your email an password to download the installation
The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) is an Open Source project based at Tufts University. The VUE project is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of ...
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To Convert DWG to VSD
Open up Visio on your
computer.
Click "File" and select "Open" from the menu. This will bring up the open
file dialog box.
Use the drop down menu in the open file dialog box to select AutoCAD
files as the file type that you wish
to open. This will enable you to open
AutoCAD DWG and DXF files in Visio.
Select the ...
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You can open Visio files on a Mac using Lucidchart since it's web-based. It imports .vsd and .vdx files from Visio.
You can get a read-only view of the Visio files for free; if you want to edit them, then you can use a 14-day free trial or subscribe.
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I’ve tried omnigraffle and conceptdraw, they both do a good job but conceptdraw seems to be more powerful tool. What i found interesting they provide their own office suite for mind mapping, project management and diagramming that works with ms products via xml , the project module also support xml. In a combination with Conceptdraw Office this drawing ...
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On the Home Tab in the Tools Group there is a drop down (top right of the group here) which contains the basic rectangle, ellipse and line tools.
The help includes the following keyboard shortcuts:
Select the Rectangle Tool: CTRL+8
Select the Ellipse Tool: CTRL+9
Select the Line Tool: CTRL+6
Select the Arc Tool: CTRL+7
Select the Freeform Tool: CTRL+5
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