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Published on July 18, 2012 by David Parker

Visio 2013 Consumer Preview Released

So, we can now all talk about Microsoft Office 2013, and, in particular, Visio 2013! Read about it at http://visio.microsoft.com/en-us/Preview/visio-benefits.aspx and find resources at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp161226 . As a Visio MVP, I am delighted to see some of the exciting new capabilities. Of course, there are some tremendous visual enahancements, but the really big thing for me is the adoption of the Metro file format.
The Metro file format is the zipped-up, multi-part xml format used by Word, Excel and PowerPoint for several years already, but Visio missed out on this in the 2010 version, probably because so much effort was required to implement the FluentUI (Ribbon).
It may seem a small change, especially since Visio already had an XML format, but this new file format opens up so much more possibilities! One immediate benefit is the tighter integration with SharePoint … no more need to save into Visio Web Drawing format! Other benefits include Duplicate Page, Change Shape and Co-authoring … All of these must have been much easier to implement with the new Metro format. I’ll be blogging more about Visio 2013 in the future, but now I need to go explore …

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David Parker has 25 years' experience of providing data visualization solutions to companies around the globe. He is a Microsoft MVP and Visio expert.

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  1. Paul Herber says

    July 18, 2012 at 11:31 am

    David, you’ve got a broken URL here (the benefits one), there is a surplus comma.

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    • davidjpp says

      July 18, 2012 at 11:32 am

      Thanks Paul .. now fixed

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  2. Manuel B. says

    July 24, 2012 at 10:12 am

    OK, maybe only interesting for a small group, can’t install it on Windows XP.
    (this is sure somewhere documented, but: who read it ? 😉

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    • davidjpp says

      July 24, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      Indeed, the new Office 2013 will not work on any version of Windows before Windows 7 … not even Vista!

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      • Alan Farmer says

        July 26, 2012 at 2:27 pm

        You can share Visio VSD documents through iOS mobile devices using little cool app called VSD Viewer

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        • davidjpp says

          July 26, 2012 at 9:54 pm

          I guess this is the link : http://nektony.com/products/visio-viewer-for-ipad-iphone
          Looks interesting … except I don’t have an iPhone or iPad 🙁

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      • Amanda Lynn says

        January 25, 2013 at 5:49 am

        Another alternative is to import your Visio files to an online Visio alternative like Lucidchart.

        I do like the more open XML format that 2013 offers.

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  3. Caroline says

    January 31, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    QUESTION: Should I purchase Visio 2013 ou 2010 Premium?

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    • davidjpp says

      November 29, 2013 at 9:14 am

      Visio 2013 Professional

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      • Caroline says

        November 29, 2013 at 3:48 pm

        I asked myself that question so many times.I decided to stay in tune with the technology and purchased 2013. Very happy with it

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  4. Eric says

    March 20, 2013 at 8:41 pm

    No new updates yet? I am curious about the co-authoring and maybe the Sharepoint publishing. The color scheme hurts my eyes, so I am not sure I will even use 2013 unless they fix that.

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    • davidjpp says

      March 26, 2013 at 3:38 pm

      Does this help : ?

      Reply

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