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Protecting Shapes from Themes in Visio 2013+

There is a vast community of Visio users out there, and some clever people produce stencils for others to use. These are a tremendous resource for other Visio users, especially if they are free. One such stencil is the Skype for Business 2015 stencil that is available from TechNet ( https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/office/Skype-for-Business-2015-4a8f03dc ). It is amazing that PaulB_NZ has produced such a comprehensive stencil. I could not help noticing a comment about using them with themes in Visio 2013+. Basically, they end up as a blob of solid colour, so I thought I would help out with a tip about protecting shapes from themes, and another about sub-shape selection.

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MS TechNet UK blog : A history of messaging and encryption

This is just a quick note to say that I have just had a blog post published on a Microsoft web-site. It is a very selective history of messaging and encryption, using Visio SmartShapes to demonstrate some aspects of this : download a pdf of the article because the original website has been archived.


You too an visit The National Museum of Computing at http://www.tnmoc.org/

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Microsoft Visio Support Lifecycle 2016

Now that Microsoft Visio 2016 is firmly into rapid updates, especially with Visio Pro for Office365, I thought it would be useful to update a diagram of mine that shows the Microsoft Support Lifecycle for Visio. All of the data comes from the following web page : https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/lifecycle/search/default.aspx?alpha=visio%20&filter=filterno

The diagram clearly shows that we are already past the date of mainstream support for Visio 2010, and are well into its extended support period.

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There is no official support from Microsoft for Visio versions prior to 2007.

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Three short Visio 2016 video tutorials

I recently created three short videos for Microsoft about the most popular uses of Visio, and utilizing some of the latest features:

  • How to create an Org Chart
  • How to create a Process Flow Diagram
  • Creating a Network Chart
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They are all less than 5 minutes long, and you don’t see me fortunately.

Watch them on YouTube :

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTtplW6mJ7fVJjJ6KOMAdA_uBWaPJe-4i

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Visio, a flyby for developers

I would like to draw everyone’s attention to a two part Visio developer video series by my good friend and fellow Visio MVP, John Goldsmith. Goto https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/MVP-Office-Dev/Visio-a-flyby-for-developers-Part-1 and https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/MVP-Office-Dev/Visio-a-flyby-for-developers-Part-2.

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Well done John! Creating these videos has been a labour of love, I know. Now it is time to spread the love!

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Getting better value from your process diagrams with Visio 2016

I will be presenting a one-hour webinar today at 1pm UK time entitled, Getting better value from your process diagrams with Visio 2016.

Process flow diagrams are amongst the most popular diagram types in Visio, but many users do not know some of the tips, tricks and techniques for getting the best out of Visio, in terms of productivity and efficiency.

This webinar covers understanding structured diagrams, enhancing shape data rows, hyperlinking, validation and exporting.

Follow this link to register : Microsoft Visio Webinar Series

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