Book Description
If you're in the business -- or habit -- of organizing information into flowcharts, tables, and graphs, you're probably familiar with how Visio can make your life infinitely more hassle-free than with other popular graphics software. Visio 2000 For Dummies is an indispensable tool for using Visio to produce high-quality documents and technical drawings efficiently and creatively. Whether you're a Visio newbie or a self-proclaimed expert, each chapter in the book helps you build a dynamic understanding of the program...Familiarize yourself with the unique personality of Visio, its terminology, and its basic look and feel.Incorporate the essential components of Visio into all your drawings, from adding and manipulating text to working with margins, alignment, spacing, and more.Customize your designs by exploring how to form, enhance, and manipulate shapes.Work with connectors, pages, layers, and wizards to create drawings.Investigate advanced techniques, from building templates and styles to storing data and protecting your work from inadvertent changes.Use your Visio creations with other programs and present them on the Internet.An exclusive stencil gallery features more than 140 stencils that you can incorporate into your own designs and use to carry your work to a new level of professionalism.
From the Publisher
This fun and friendly guide to the leading business diagramming and drawing software is packed with tips on creating charts, diagrams, and other schematic illustrations that will impress any boss- and add impact to reports, presentations, and Web pages,. The book also includes specific information about using Visio with my Microsoft Office.
From the Back Cover
Includes tips on using Visio with Microsoft Office Exclusive photo gallery of more than 140 stencils Harness Visio to create charts and diagrams that get results With this friendly guide, you get everything you need to start using Visio 2000 right away. Walking you through all the basics and well beyond, Debbie Walkowski shows you step-by-step how to bring a whole new level of sophistication to business presentations, from flowcharts that really flow to terrific technical schematics. Discover how to: Create effective charts and diagrams Save time with wizards and SmartShapes Connect drawings to database records Integrate Visio with PowerPoint and other applications Use Visio drawings in Web pages The Dummies Way™ Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun Get smart! www.dummies.com Register to win cool prizes Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily™ e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers
About the Author
Debbie Walkowski has written more than 15 technical books during her 17-year career in the computer industry. She currently specializes in software applications training.
Visio 2000 For Dummies FROM THE PUBLISHER
Includes tips on using Visio with Microsoft Office
Exclusive photo gallery of more than 140 stencils
Harness Visio to create charts and diagrams that get results With this friendly guide, you get everything you need to start using Visio 2000 right away. Walking you through all the basics and well beyond, Debbie Walkowski shows you step-by-step how to bring a whole new level of sophistication to business presentations, from flowcharts that really flow to terrific technical schematics.
Discover how to: Create effective charts and diagrams Save time with wizards and SmartShapes Connect drawings to database records Integrate Visio with PowerPoint and other applications Use Visio drawings in Web pages
The Dummies Way™ Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-out cheat sheet Top ten lists A dash of humor and fun
Get smart! Register to win cool prizes Browse exclusive articles and excerpts Get a free Dummies Daily™ e-mail newsletter Chat with authors and preview other books Talk to us, ask questions, get answers
SYNOPSIS
If you're in the business — or habit — of organizing information into flowcharts, tables, and graphs, you're probably familiar with how Visio can make your life infinitely more hassle-free than with other popular graphics software.
Visio 2000 For Dummies is an indispensable tool for using Visio to produce high-quality documents and technical drawings efficiently and creatively. Whether you're a Visio newbie or a self-proclaimed expert, each chapter in the book helps you build a dynamic understanding of the program . . .
Familiarize yourself with the unique personality of Visio, its terminology, and its basic look and feel.
Incorporate the essential components of Visio into all your drawings, from adding and manipulating text to working with margins, alignment, spacing, and more.
Customize your designs by exploring how to form, enhance, and manipulate shapes.
Work with connectors, pages, layers, and wizards to create drawings.
Investigate advanced techniques, from building templates and styles to storing data and protecting your work from inadvertent changes.
Use your Visio creations with other programs and present them on the Internet.
An exclusive stencil gallery features more than 140 stencils that you can incorporate into your own designs and use to carry your work to a new level of professionalism
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