Visio 2003 Bible

Product Description

* Providing comprehensive coverage of Visio's large feature set for technical and engineering professionals, the book begins with a quick introduction to the intuitive interface
* This book quickly moves into the specialized stencils, shapes, and templates used in software and network design and documentation, engineering disciplines, and project management
* Features strong coverage of Visio's tight integration with other Microsoft Office products and as well as its interoperability with related products from other vendors, including AutoCad
* Explores how users in various fields can customize Visio with add-ons to meet their specific needs
* The author is a structural engineer and Visio user with twenty years of experience in project management
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #56816 in Books
* Published on: 2004-05-07
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 816 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
If Visio 2003 can do it, you can do it, too...

Whether you’re designing a network, a business model, or an office building, Visio 2003 helps you transform your vision into something tangible. This comprehensive reference teaches you to use this powerful combination of simple concepts and straightforward tools. You’ll discover new features of Visio 2003; how to integrate Visio drawings into other applications; how to use and customize specialized templates, stencils, and shapes; how Visio works with Office 2003 and AutoCAD®; and much more.

Inside you’ll find complete coverage of Visio 2003

* Learn to use the new features of both Visio Standard and Visio Professional
* Produce diagrams by creating and editing shapes and connectors, then refine them with text and formatting tools
* Dynamically update Visio drawings based on data stored in other applications
* Document flowcharts, business processes, project scheduling, and brainstorming sessions
* Explore the modeling tools available with the UML Model template and develop different types of UML diagrams
* Map existing Web sites and create conceptual diagrams
* Use Visio’s Space Plan template to manage facilities as well as to plan space
* Create custom collections of built-in shapes, including any you’ve modified and custom shapes you’ve developed

About the Author
Bonnie Biafore is an author as well as a project management consultant. As a consultant, she enjoys working with different clients and the diversity of projects she experiences, from CAD systems for structural steel fabrication to speech-enabled applications for telephone service field technicians and systems to manage hydroelectric power. While she’s sometimes tough on her clients, she is a far worse taskmaster for herself.
Bonnie has written several books, including Troubleshooting Microsoft Project 2002 (Microsoft Press) and The NAIC Stock Selection Handbook (NAIC). Since August 2000 she has been writing for Better Investing magazine a monthly column called Web Watch, which delves into the use of the World Wide Web for investing and how to develop good investing habits and smart and safe computer practices.
She is well known for her clear explanations of technical topics, whether it’s the inscrutable workings of computer software or the enigma of high finance. She applies her education from MIT and Columbia University to digest technical topics and then puts her organizational skills and humor to work to present material that engages beginners and experts alike.
Her education and work experience make her the ideal author for this Visio book. With a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Science in Structural Engineering, she is well versed in using Visio for architecture and engineering and integrating it with CAD applications. As a project manager and consultant, she constantly applies Visio to office productivity problems. As a software project manager and application developer, she has also used Visio to document databases, software systems, and networks. As an engineer, she is fascinated with both the simplicity and power of Visio and enjoys experimenting with its customization and automation features.
Customer Reviews

Visio 2003 Bible5
As an application training specialist, I'm always looking for books I can recommend to my students, and this is definitely one of them. This book offers a great one-stop resource for all things Visio!

Visio 2003 Bible4
An excellent book that shows you how to get the most out of Visio. Although the explanations of various principles behind the application are brief, it provides enough detail to help you understand the basic concept and allows you to effectively use the information in the book.

Visio 2003 Bible - Not Bad3
The book is about 700 pages. It is a great reference. It tells you what you can do with Visio 2003 but it is lacking in telling you how to use the features. This book needs to be coupled with a book of applications. There is not much on Shape Sheets which is the heart of Visio shapes. You still have to go to the WEB and search for info from the MS Visio SDK (Software Developer Kit) for information about built-in Visio Functions that you can use in your Shape Sheet to make your shapes more powerful. For example, It would have been nice if the book had info about the DOCMD(1312) function which when entered into the Shape Sheet causes the shape's Custom Properties Dialog box to pop up on double click. This book needs a whole lot more of that type of practical information, but all-in-all it is still a good reference manual. I recomend buying some other CD training to get a grip on the applications and then use this book as reference.