![]() Using Office Visio 2007, create professional-looking diagrams that communicate a wealth of information you can share with a broad audience. |
Visio 2007 is available in two stand-alone editions: Office Visio Professional and Office Visio Standard. Visio Standard 2007 has the same basic functionality as Visio Professional 2007 and includes a subset of its features and templates. Visio Professional 2007 offers advanced functionality, such as data connectivity and visualization features, that Visio Standard 2007 does not.
Quickly
Find and Use New Templates
Visio 2007 includes specific tools to support the
diverse diagramming needs of IT and business professionals
and lets you create a broader range of diagrams with
new templates, such as the ITIL (Information Technology
Infrastructure Library) template and the Value Stream
Mapping template. Use the predefined Microsoft SmartShapes
symbols and powerful search capabilities to locate
the right shape, whether it is saved on a computer
or on the Web. You can also save time by quickly accessing
templates you use often. In the new Getting Started
window, find the template you need by browsing simplified
template categories and using large template previews.
Locate the templates you used recently by using the
new Recent Templates view in the Getting Started window.
![]() Use the wide range of diagram types in Office Visio 2007 to better understand complex processes, resources, and systems. |
If you're not sure how to best display your important data, Visio 2007 can help by making it easy to find new sample diagrams. Simply open the new Getting Started window and use the new Samples category. View sample diagrams that are integrated with data to get ideas for creating your own diagrams, to realize how data provides more context for many diagram types, and to determine which template you want to use.
Display
Data Attractively in Diagrams
The Data Graphics feature lets you display data attractively
in diagrams, and you can choose from a number of data
formatting options. With a single click, display data
fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields
in boxes below a shape, and place fields of data directly
on top or to the side of a shape. You also have the
option of easily refreshing data in diagrams, thanks
to the new Refresh Data feature. If data conflicts
arise, easily resolve them by using the Refresh Conflicts
task pane.
![]() Using Office Visio Professional 2007, visually explore data by using diagrams to identify issues and exceptions. |
You don't have to be a professional graphic designer to build interesting diagrams--Visio 2007 gives you the tools to connect shapes without drawing connectors. The new AutoConnect functionality connects shapes, distributes them evenly, and aligns them for you--all with only one click. In fact, when you move the connected shapes, they stay connected and the connectors automatically reroute between the shapes.
Identify
Trends and Issues
One of the benefits of creating diagrams is that you
can more readily identify trends and issues and then
act on them. First, you might choose to make your
diagrams even smarter by linking them to data to provide
a more complete picture of a process, project, or
system. Then it's a snap to visually explore information
to identify key trends, issues, and exceptions, and
then act on them. Finally, you can analyze, drill
down into, and create multiple views of business data
to gain insight into it. Thanks to all these options,
Visio Standard 2007 gives you the power to revolutionize
the way you present information to colleagues and
clients, which can positively affect productivity
and your bottom line.
Product Description
Office Visio Professional 2007 will make it easy for
IT and business professionals to visualize, analyze
and communicate complex information, systems and processes
with clear, compelling diagrams. By using Office Visio
2007, people will be able to easily visualize information
from multiple data sources to better understand the
current state of systems and processes, analyze information
visually to highlight key trends and exceptions, and
share diagrams broadly for effective and efficient
decision-making. Track and report on project information
more effectively - Share diagrams for visually tracking
tasks, workflows, and project resources, such as people
and equipment Communicate complex information with
new templates and shapes - find information more easily
for answers to your questions, tips and tricks Make
an impact on your audiences with professional-looking
diagrams, using the new Themes task pane Share diagrams
with everyone who needs them; users without Office
Visio 2007 or Visio Viewer can see charts as Web pages,
JPG files, GIF files or PDFs Customize Office Visio
2007 to fit your specialized needs. Develop your own
custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio
Solution Providers Visualize your custom solutions
with Office Visio 2007 diagrams, such as Unified Modeling
Language (UML), data flow and Windows user interface
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