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Machine generated contents note: What This Book Covers -- How This Book Is Organized -- Conventions Used in This Book -- Working with Visio Tools and Menus -- Using Screen Illustrations -- Web Addresses -- Special Elements to Watch For -- 1.Getting to Know Visio 2013 -- What Is Visio? -- Create a Basic Flowchart -- What Else Can I Make? -- Which Edition Should I Use? -- What is New in the 2013 Editions? -- Improved Touch Support -- Streamlined Layout -- The New VSDX File Format -- 2.Finding Your Way Around the Interface -- The Ribbon -- Embrace the Tab -- Contextual Tabs -- Template Tabs -- Customizing the Ribbon -- Where Did That Command Go? -- Important Features of the Visio Application -- The Quick Access Toolbar -- Context Menus -- The Backstage -- The Status Bar -- A Look at the Drawing Window -- Task Panes -- Rulers and Grids -- Manipulating Shapes -- 1D Shape Handles -- 2D Shape Handles -- Vertex Handles -- Eccentricity Handles -- Get Around Using Your Keyboard -- 3.Working with Basic Diagrams -- Making Diagrams -- What Is a Template? -- Working Without a Template -- Clone Your Drawing -- Find Online Templates and Samples -- Save Your Diagram -- Save As -- AutoSave -- Working with Drawing Windows -- Task Panes -- Switching Between Windows -- Working with Full Screen Windows -- 4.Taking Control of Your Diagrams -- Working with Pages -- Adding Pages -- Inserting Pages -- Using Background Pages -- Rename Pages -- Reorganizing Pages -- Customizing Pages -- Scaling Your Page -- Working with Themes -- The Theme Gallery -- Changing Themes on-the-Fly -- Working with Color -- 5.Working with Shapes -- Find the Right Shape -- Selecting Available Shapes -- Frequently Used Shapes -- Changing Shapes -- Saving Favorites -- Understanding Stencils -- What Is a Master? -- Creating Personalized Stencils -- Edit Stencil Sets -- Searching for Shapes -- 6.Manage Shapes -- Using Groups to Organize Shapes -- When to Use Groups -- When it is Better to Avoid -- Editing Groups -- Arranging Shapes -- Using the Dynamic Grid -- Straighten Up Shapes with Auto Align -- Using Position to Arrange the Diagram -- Old-School Grid, Ruler, and Guides -- When Overlaps Occur -- Using Layout to Organize Shapes -- 7.Connecting Shapes -- What Are Connectors? -- How to Connect Shapes -- Understanding Connectors -- Connecting Shapes Versus Points -- What Happens to Connections -- ...When I Drag a Shape? -- ...When I Split a Connector? -- ...When I Delete a Shape? -- Modifying Connectors -- Formatting -- Routing Styles -- Using Line Jumps -- Manual Override -- Working with Connector Points -- Adding or Removing Connection Points -- 8.Making Advanced Diagrams -- Organizing Diagrams -- Containers -- Lists -- Callouts -- Screen Tips -- Using Headers and Footers -- Working with Text -- Creating Text Boxes -- Using Text Fields -- Layers -- Creating Layers -- When to Add Layers -- 9.Shapes: Customizing -- Duplicating Shapes -- Making Several Copies -- Resizing Shapes -- Rotating Shapes -- How to Format a Shape -- Modifying Common Format Attributes -- Modifying Less Common Attributes -- Using Format with Groups -- Changing Text -- Editing and Formatting Text -- Modifying Text Blocks -- 10.Shapes: More Than Meets the Eye -- Understanding Special SmartShape Features -- What Is Shape Data? -- Right-Click Menus -- Control Handles -- Hyperlinks -- Smart Tags -- Import External Images -- What You Can Do with Images -- Resizing Images -- Working with Clip Art -- Using Excel Charts -- Importing Scalable Vector Graphics -- Importing AutoCAD Drawings -- Adding Content to AutoCAD Drawings -- 11.Printing Visio Diagrams -- Just the Basics -- Print from the Backstage -- The Print Preview Pane -- Test Your Print Job -- Controlling the Space Around the Print Job -- Headers and Footers -- Margins -- Selecting What You Will Print -- Printing Just a Portion of a Diagram -- Selecting Specific Pages in Visio -- Background Page Printing (or Not) -- Selecting Shapes to Print -- Printing by Layer -- Gridlines -- Get High-Quality Print Jobs -- Color Printing -- 12.Sharing Visio Diagrams -- Share Drawings Using Email -- Visio Viewer -- SkyDrive -- Social Networks -- Creating a Web Page from Your Diagram -- Saving to Other File Formats from Visio -- Creating PDF and XPS Files -- XML Formatted Drawings -- Older Visio Formats -- Getting Visio Drawings into Other Applications -- Office Applications -- Other Applications -- Exporting Drawings to Image Formats -- 13.Unique Needs: Touchscreens, Custom Templates, and Complex Printing Concerns -- Touchscreens -- Switching Between Touch Mode and Mouse Mode -- Working with Shapes -- General Touch Controls -- The Touch Keyboard -- Creating Your Very Own Template -- A Look at Complex and Multipage Print Jobs -- Printing Tiled Drawings -- Using Page Scale -- Using Avoid Page Breaks -- Printing Mixed Orientation Drawings -- Combine Drawings into a Single Sheet -- 14.Using Data -- What Can I Do with Shape Data? -- Exploring -- Types and Uses -- Creating Shape Data Fields -- Add a Simple Data Field -- Adding Lists and Format -- Saving a Set of Shape Data Fields -- Displaying Text in Shape Data Fields -- Creating Reports -- Using the Report Definition Wizard -- Generating Reports -- Adding Totals and Subtotals -- 15.Working with External Data and Data Graphics -- Linking Shapes to External Data -- Look at Your External Data First -- Using Link Data to Shapes -- What Are Data Graphics? -- How to Create a Data Graphic -- Customizing Data Graphics -- 16.Additional Visio Resources -- Visio Viewer -- Resources and Tools -- Visio Help -- The Official Visio Blog -- Office.com -- Additional Reading -- Websites Worth Checking Out -- 17.Collaborating with Visio -- SharePoint -- Saving and Editing in SharePoint -- Co-Authoring -- Markup and Review in Visio -- Adding Comments -- Using Ink -- Using Track Markup -- Don't Share Too Much -- What Is Removed -- What Is Not Removed -- 18.Tips for Flowcharts, Process, and Block Diagrams -- Process and Flow Chart Diagrams -- Auto Resize and Flowchart Shapes -- Decision Shapes -- Using Subprocesses -- Swimlanes and Phases in Cross-Functional Flowcharts -- Validating Your Diagram -- Business Process Diagrams (BPMN 2.0) and SharePoint Workflows -- BPMN Diagrams -- SharePoint Workflows -- Block Diagram Tips -- Blend Block Shapes -- 3D Perspective Block Diagrams -- 19.Tips for Working with Other Diagram Types -- Working with Network Diagrams -- Logical Diagrams -- Rack Diagrams -- Timeline Tips -- Org Chart Tips -- Create Org Charts Manually -- Using the Organization Chart Wizard -- Office and Space Plans -- Creating Plans Using Shapes -- Space Shapes -- Working with Dimension Lines.