Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Inside Out

Dig into Visio 2003—and discover how you can really put your business diagrams and technical drawings to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds all in concise, fast-answer format. It’s all muscle and no fluff. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Visio mastery!

• Explore better ways to visualize your business—from organization charts and floorplans to business process diagrams
• Get expert tips for using the ready-made templates—or create your own shapes and solutions
• Use Visio to collaborate with coworkers, including creating brainstorming diagrams
• Track and manage projects with timelines, Gantt charts, and PERT charts
• Plan and map out your Web site
• Diagram databases, computer networks, and software systems
• Add Visio drawings to other Microsoft Office programs for more powerful spreadsheets, slides, and other communications
• Extract and reuse data from Visio drawings with XML, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Access
  *Produce precisely scaled architectural plans and engineering schematics; easily import CAD elements
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CD features:

• Complete eBook in PDF format
• Extending Visio, a catalog of Visio resources with links to third-party tools and demos
• Microsoft resources and demos, including Insider’s Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 eBook
• Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, eBook—10,000+ entries
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Mark H. Walker is a veteran computer book author, Microsoft Office aficionado, Virginia Tech football fanatic, and all around technosapien. He has authored over 40 computer related books including How to Use the Internet, The Visio Bible, and Visio 2003 Inside Out. His articles have appeared in Family Software, Alaskan Airlines, Smart Solutions, and Playboy, and he is a regular columnist for PCGamer and The Armchair General. He lives in the beautiful hills of south-central Virginia with his lovely wife, threedaughters, four dogs, two cats, and a horse.

Nanette J. Eaton is an award-winning software writer who spent five years on the inside at Visio Corporation as a senior technical writer and managing Web editor. In her 15 years with the software industry, she has written more than 20 programmer guides and user manuals for business professionals and software developers, including Using Visio Enterprise 5.0, Modeling in Visio Enterprise 5.0, and Using Visio Technical 4.0. She also helped create the acclaimed Developing Visio Solutions series. This is her second book for Microsoft Press.