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Reply Thu 20 Nov 2008, 16:31Delegate Claire said...

Claire has attended:
Visio Advanced course

Advanced visio

Is it possible to change teh shape of theend artrow head in a cynlindral timeline?

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Reply Fri 21 Nov 2008, 13:59Trainer Richard said...

RE: Advanced visio

Hello Claire,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Visio course with BEST Training.
Thank you for your question regarding arrow heads.

The arrow heads that appear at the end of a timeline are programmed in to appear in that way. There is only the option to switch them on and off, but not to change the shape of the arrow.

You could probably do this using a ShapeSheet, which is the deeper level of visio, nt covered in our trainings. At the VBA level, you could probably do it, as VBA allows you to change almost anything in the programme.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Richard
Microsoft Specialist Trainer

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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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