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Reply Thu 18 Aug 2011, 16:50Delegate Ade said...

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Shapes

Can Visio be used to design a Rich Picture in Business Activity Modelling?

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Reply Tue 23 Aug 2011, 17:34Trainer Ruth said...

RE: Shapes

Hello Ade,

There is no specific stencil for this but you might like to look at the Mind Mapping stencil as a starting point.

I hope this helps.

Kind regards,

Ruth

Reply Tue 23 Aug 2011, 17:48Trainer Ruth said...

RE: Shapes

Hello Ade,

I believe that Visio 2010 Premium Edition may come closer to what you want but I must confess that I have not seen this Edition yet myself.

Kind regards

Ruth

Reply Thu 25 Aug 2011, 12:33Delegate Ade said...

RE: Shapes

Thanks Ruth.

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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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