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Reply Mon 13 Oct 2008, 15:33Delegate Gosia said...

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HI! I created a cylindrical timeline diagram. Is it possible to rotate it from horizontal to vertical layout (90 degrees)?

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Gosia

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Reply Fri 24 Oct 2008, 10:41Trainer Laura said...

RE: Visio

Hi Gosia

Thank you for your question regarding timelines.

A timeline can be rotated easily in visio and all the milstones and periods will move with it, rotating the text as it goes.

Select the time line. Click and drag one of the end points, shown as a small green square, to a new postion and the time line will rotate.

I hope that answers your question.

Laura GB

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Visio tip:

Creating an organisation chart in Visio using Excel data

A quick and easy way to create an organisation chart by importing names and titles stored in list format in an Excel spreadsheet into Visio.

1. Select File, New, Organization Chart.

2. Start the Organization Chart Wizard.

3. At the first step of the wizard, select the 'Information that I enter using the wizard' option, and click Next.

4. At the second step of the wizard, select Excel, then type the name of the file.

5. Select Browse to choose the location you wish to save the file to, click Save, and then click Next.

6. Click OK - a Microsoft Office Excel workbook will open with column headings already entered for you.

7. Replace the sample text with the text you wish to appear in your organisation chart. By holding your cursor over each column heading, you should be able to view data entry tips.

8. Save the Excel file, then close Excel.

9. Proceed through the remaining steps in the wizard to create your organization chart from the data you entered into the Excel file.

Visio's organisation chart wizard will also recognise the following file formats (besides .xls):

- Microsoft Exchange Server Directory (Microsoft Exchange e-mail Address Book).

- Tab- or Comma-delimited text (.txt).

- Org Plus (.txt).

- Microsoft Office Access (.mdb) or any other file format for a database created in an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)-compliant database application.

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