John Paul Mueller & Debbie Walkowski 
Visio 2007 For Dummies 

Reveal your inner business artist with Visio

Turn your ideas into diagrams and drawings with Visio’s
stencils and templates

If you have an idea you want to get down on electronic paper,
Visio 2007 is for you, and so is this book! They’re both flexible
and user-friendly. Here’s how to use Visio to capture ideas from
simple to intricate, update data in a drawing with a single click,
add and manipulate text, work with connectors, and more.

Discover how to

* Create business, engineering, software, or network
diagrams

* Format an entire drawing using themes

* Analyze ‘what-if’ scenarios with Pivot Diagrams

* Produce layered multipage drawings

* Save drawings to publish on the Web

قائمة المحتويات

Introduction 1

Part I: Starting with Visio 2007 Basics 7

Chapter 1: Visio 101 9

Chapter 2: Creating and Saving a Simple Visio Drawing 29

Chapter 3: Printing Visio Drawings 69

Part II: Creating Visio Drawings 89

Chapter 4: Discovering What Visio Shapes Are All About 91

Chapter 5: Adding Text to Your Drawings 119

Chapter 6: Connecting Shapes 145

Part III: Taking Your Drawings to the Next Level 167

Chapter 7: Perfecting Your Drawings 169

Chapter 8: Creating and Customizing Shapes 191

Chapter 9: Working with Pages 227

Chapter 10: Layering Your Drawings 249

Part IV: Advancing Your Knowledge of Visio 265

Chapter 11: Creating Stencils, Master Shapes, and Templates 267

Chapter 12: Managing Shape Information, Behavior, and Protection 281

Chapter 13: Marking Up Drawings for Review 313

Chapter 14: Using Visio with Other Programs 329

Part V: The Part of Tens 357

Chapter 15: Ten Common Tasks in Visio 359

Chapter 16: Ten Web Sites Devoted to Visio 365

Index 371

عن المؤلف

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He
has writing in his blood, having produced 70 books and over 300
articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial
intelligence and from database management to heads-down
programming. Some of his current books include a Windows power
optimization book, a book on .NET security, and books on Amazon Web
Services, Google Web Services, and e Bay Web Services. His technical
editing skills have helped more than 51 authors refine the content
of their manuscripts. John has provided technical editing services
to both Data Based Advisor and Coast Compute
magazines. He’s also contributed articles to magazines like
Dev Source, Inform IT, Informant, Dev X,
SQL Server Professional, Visual C++ Developer,
Hard Core Visual Basic, asp.net PRO, Software Test
and Performance, and Visual Basic Developer.

When John isn’t working at the computer, you can find him in
his workshop. He’s an avid woodworker and candle maker. On
any given afternoon, you can find him working at a lathe or putting
the finishing touches on a bookcase. He also likes making glycerin
soap and candles, which comes in handy for gift baskets. You can
reach John on the Internet at JMueller@mwt.net. John is also
setting up a Web site at http://www.mwt.net/~jmueller/; feel free
to look and make suggestions on how he can improve it. Check out
his weekly blog at http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/AQOA2QP4X1YWP.

Debbie Walkowski has worked in the computer industry for
more than 20 years in a variety of positions from sales and
marketing to teaching and training. For the last 14 years, she has
made writing her primary focus. Her company, the Writing Works,
specializes in writing computer self-help books and providing
writing services to companies such as Microsoft Corporation,
Hewlett-Packard (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation), and
AT&T Wireless Communications. She has authored 18 books on
popular computer software, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft
Works, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project,
Microsoft Windows, Visio, Quicken, Word Perfect, and Lotus
1-2-3.