VISIO 2000 Visual Insight Book

	Introduction	xvii
Part 1	Techniques And Tasks
Chapter 1	Navigating In Visio	3
	Getting Started	4
	Viewing The Main Screen Elements	4
	Using The Buttons In The Toolbars	5
	Using The Format Toolbar	8
	Adding Windows To The Screen	10
	The Pan & Zoom Window	10
	The Custom Properties Window	14
	The Size & Position Window	14
	Getting Shape Help	15
	Getting Template Help	16
Chapter 2	Configuring Visio	17
	Customizing Toolbars, Menus, And Options	18
	Configuring The Toolbars	18
	Viewing Different Toolbars	18
	Rearranging Buttons	19
	Deleting Buttons	20
	Using Button Shortcuts	20
	Changing Button Images	20
	Creating New Toolbars	21
	Resizing A Floating Toolbar	22
	Docking A Toolbar	23
	Configuring The Commands And Menus	23
	Rearranging Menus	24
	Deleting Menus	24
	Reordering Menu Items	24
	Swapping Items Between Menus	24
	Removing Menu Options	25
	Adding Items To Menus	25
	Working With Shortcut Menus	25
	Setting The General Options	26
	Setting Icon Size	26
	Showing ScreenTips	26
	Showing Shortcut Keys	26
	Using Animations	27
	Setting The Main Options	27
	Setting The General Options	27
	Setting The File Paths	29
	Setting The Spell Checker Options	29
Chapter 3	Creating Your First Visio Diagram	31
	Creating A New Diagram	32
	Creating A New Diagram From A Template	32
	Creating A New Diagram From A Blank Diagram	35
	Setting File Properties	35
	Setting The Output Format	36
	Adding Drawing Tools To The Screen	36
	Using The Rulers	37
	Using The Grid	38
	Using The Guides	39
	Showing Connection Points	41
	Showing Page Breaks	42
	Saving A File	42
	Working With Stencils	43
	Opening Stencils	44
	Changing Stencil Properties	45
	Changing The Stencil Position	45
	Working With Multiple Stencils	47
	Working With Shapes And Lines	48
	Adding Shapes By Dragging	48
	Adding Shapes With The Stamp Tool	50
	Connecting Shapes With The Connector Tool	51
	Connecting Shapes With Stencil Connectors	52
	Moving Shapes	53
	Rerouting Connection Lines	54
	Understanding Vertexes And Handles	55
	Using Connector Shortcuts	56
	Using Visio's Rerouting	57
	More Visio Rerouting	57
	Adding Text To A Drawing	57
	Adding Text To A Shape	58
	Adding Text To Connectors	59
	Adding Text Blocks	61
Chapter 4	Changing Page And Drawing Properties	63
	Adjusting The Page Properties	64
	Setting The Drawing Size And Orientation	64
	Choosing A Drawing Scale	65
	Setting The Page Properties	67
	Setting Layout And Routing Properties	67
	Adding Pages To A Diagram	70
	Setting Up Snap And Glue	73
	Setting Up The Ruler And Grid	75
	Setting The Color Scheme	76
	Choosing A Color Palette For The Drawing	79
	Setting A Zoom Level	80
	Working With Backgrounds	81
	Using Headers And Footers	85
	Getting The Diagram On Paper	86
Chapter 5	Changing Basic Shape And Line Properties	89
	Manipulating Shapes And Lines	90
	Modifying The Shape Outline	90
	Resizing A Shape	91
	Modifying Fill Properties And Color	92
	Modifying Connecting Line Color And Style	93
	Duplicating Objects	94
	Working With Multiple Shapes	96
	Selecting Multiple Shapes	96
	Aligning Shapes	97
	Distributing Shapes	100
	Arranging Shapes	103
	Flipping And Rotating Shapes	105
	Grouping Shapes	107
Chapter 6	Working With Text	111
	Going Beyond Plain Text	112
	Rotating Text	112
	Rotating And Moving Text Within A Shape	112
	Rotating A Text Block	114
	Modifying Text Properties	116
	Selecting The Text	116
	Making Changes From The Toolbar And Menus	118
	Using The Text Shortcut Menu	120
	Using The Text Dialog Box	126
	Using The Spell Checker	133
Chapter 7	Advanced Shape Editing	137
	Doing Much More With Visio	138
	Working With Custom Properties	138
	Defining And Changing Custom Properties	138
	Reporting On Custom Properties	144
	Working With Styles	146
	Applying Styles	146
	Editing And Creating Styles	150
	Numbering Shapes	152
	Creating Shapes Using Operations	158
	Using The Union Operation	158
	Using The Fragment Operation	159
	Using The Combine Operation	159
	Using The Intersect Operation	159
	Using The Subtract Operation	160
	Using The Join Operation	160
	Using The Trim Operation	161
	Using The Offset Operation	161
	Using Fit Curve	162
	Modifying Shape Behavior	162
	Setting Shape Double-Click Action	167
	Protecting Shape Attributes	170
	Enabling Shape Protection	172
	Working With Graphics And Clip Art	173
	Adding A Graphic To A Visio Drawing	173
	Adding Clip Art To A Visio Drawing	174
	Modifying The Graphics And Clip Art	175
	Adding Hyperlinks To Shapes	177
	Building A Visio Drawing Hyperlink	178
	Building A Word Document Hyperlink	181
	Building An Internet Hyperlink	183
	Building Multiple Hyperlinks	185
Chapter 8	Creating Your Own Visio Tools	187
	Creating Stencils, Shapes, And Templates	188
	Creating New Stencils	188
	Creating New Master Shapes	190
	Creating A Master From A Visio Shape	190
	Creating A Master Shape From Scratch	195
	Creating A Master Shape From An Existing Master Shape	196
	Modifying The Master Shape Icon	197
	Creating New Templates	200
Chapter 9	Controlling Shapes With Layers	203
	Exercising Control	204
	Creating New Layers	204
	Assigning Shapes To Layers	208
	Deleting A Layer	211
Part II	Projects
Chapter 10	Laying Out A Room	215
	Planning Ahead	216
Project 1	Specifying The Room Size	216
Project 2	Adding Furniture	231
	Adding A New Template	231
	Positioning The Furniture	234
Project 3	Figuring The Cost	242
	Adding A New Property	242
	Running A Property Report	243
Chapter 11	Building An Organization Chart	247
	Company Structure	248
Project 1	Building The File	248
Project 2	Using The Organization Chart Wizard	251
Project 3	Modifying The Chart	254
Chapter 12	Building A Timeline	257
	Beyond Drawing	258
Project 1	Building A Gantt Chart	258
Project 2	Printing And Customizing The Chart	271
Chapter 13	Adding A Visio Drawing To Another Document	275
	Object Linking And Embedding	276
Project 1	Creating A New Visio Drawing In A Document	276
Project 2	Adding An Existing Visio Drawing To A Document	281
	Embedding A Drawing	281
	Linking A Drawing	283
	Index	285