Blogs: -Visio Guy been in existence since November 2006. Great resource to download trials. Gives sites for support. Doesn't post topics offen -PerformancePointing Been in existence since October 2007. Gives great support and information about Visio. Only one post
Articles: -For Developers Tells new features, found on Google. Saul Candib started the blog. choose it cause it had good info. Visio Software gives good links to lots of things new with Visio. Created by Cad info Inc. Integrating Visio How busnises like using Visio. found through Google. great info.
Unlike Access 2007, Excel 2007, Outlook 2007, PowerPoint 2007 and Word 2007, Visio 2007 does not have a new UI. The new UI is such a radical change, that it makes sense to limit the number of products involved.
Data Link
It allows you to link data to shapes from Excel, Access, SharePoint, and OLEDB/ODBC data sources.
Data Graphics
These are the annotation icons that decorate Visio shapes depending on Shape Data (formerly known as Custom Properties).
Themes
The new Themes feature allows you to specify consistent formatting across a drawing (Text, Line, Fill and Fill Pattern, Connector, Shadow, foreground and background colors and Accent colors 1 through 5). There are new shape sheet formulas to support Themes.
Pivot Diagrams
Pivot Diagrams provide a visual equivalent of Pivot Tables (found in Excel). You can use Pivot Diagrams to drill down and analyze key performance metrics
New Shapes
Visio 12 includes two new out-of-the-box diagram templates: Value Stream Mapping and ITIL. Both aimed at process improvement.
Auto Connect
Makes connecting new shapes even easier
Insert Text Box
Visio 2007 adds an Insert Text Box command to the Insert menu, which allows you to add a single piece of text to the drawing without switching to the Text tool.
Office 2007 Integration
Outlook 2007- preview Visio diagrams in the outlook preview panel.
Excel 2007-one click creation of the new Pivot Diagrams from excel.
Project 2007-visual reporting based on Pivot Diagrams to report resources.
SharePoint 2007-view SharePoint 2007 workflow status report
Visio Viewer
The Visio Viewer will be installed by default whenever Outlook 2007 is installed.
Acrobat files
Visio 2007 diagrams will also be able to export to PDF and XPS (XML Paper Specification) (for Windows Vista). A special PDF writer will no longer be required.
API
·Themes API
·Data Import and Refresh API - Import data
·Data Linking API - Link data to shapes
·Data Graphics API - Display data using Data Graphics
·Auto-connect API - enable/disable auto-connect behavior
Events
Mouse Move event fires now during drag/drop.
New SDK
·Visio add-in or add-on wizard for Visual Studio 2005
·Visio Code Samples Library – no more old Code Librarian interface
·New code samples in the Visio Code Samples Library
·New events available to monitor in the Event Monitor
·Visio Solution Publishing Tool allows you to specify for which version of Visio (Visio 2007 or Visio 2003 and below) your solution is intended
AutoCAD
Visio 2007, like Visio 2003, supports the AutoCAD 2000 file format for reading and writing DWG and DXF. Visio does not support Autodesk's DWF format.
Microsoft Visio 2010 is part of the Office 2010 wave of products. While Visio is sold separately from the applications in the Office suite, we share quite a bit of functionality with these applications. In Visio 2010 you will see the adoption of the Office Fluent User Interface and many other shared capabilities in Office. In the coming posts we will introduce the Visio 2010 features, showing where Visio is similar and where Visio is different from other Office apps
Visio is used for lots of things so when you ask what is Visio 2007 well its a diagramming program, it uses vector graphs to create diagrams. Making it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex info. instead of static pictures, you can create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data, are easy to refresh, and dramatically increase your productivity.
