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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne (1 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 007148261X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0071482615
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 2 x 25.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Create and distribute data-connected Microsoft Office Visio diagrams and reports

Get full details on the powerful features of Microsoft Office Visio 2007 inside this comprehensive volume. Written by Visio expert David Parker, Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 demonstrates how to effectively visualize, explore, and communicate complex business information. Learn to use PivotDiagrams, Data Graphics, and Smart Tags, as well as link data to shapes and create meaningful Visio documents and reports. Plus, you'll get vital security information, time-saving tips, troubleshooting techniques, and downloadable macros and code samples.

Essential Skills for Database Users and Professionals

  • Create shapes and link them to data
  • Summarize and analyze information using PivotDiagrams
  • Use Data Graphics, Smart Tags, and SmartShapes to reinforce information
  • Generate robust Excel, HTML, and XML reports
  • Create custom, reusable templates, stencils, and masters
  • Update and enhance diagrams with Reviewer's comments and markups
  • Integrate Visio diagrams with other Windows applications
  • Publish and securely distribute Visio documents and summaries
  • Extend functionality using VBA macros, add-ins, and wrapper applications

 

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Create and distribute data-connected Microsoft Office Visio diagrams and
reports

Get full details on the powerful features of Microsoft Office Visio 2007
inside this comprehensive volume. Written by Visio expert David Parker,
Visualizing Information with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 demonstrates how
to effectively visualize, explore, and communicate complex business
information. Learn to use PivotDiagrams, Data Graphics, and Smart Tags, as
well as link data to shapes and create meaningful Visio documents and
reports. Plus, you'll get vital security information, time-saving tips,
troubleshooting techniques, and downloadable macros and code samples.

Essential Skills for Database Users and Professionals

Create shapes and link them to data
Summarize and analyze information using PivotDiagrams
Use Data Graphics, Smart Tags, and SmartShapes to reinforce information
Generate robust Excel, HTML, and XML reports
Create custom, reusable templates, stencils, and masters
Update and enhance diagrams with Reviewer's comments and markups
Integrate Visio diagrams with other Windows applications
Publish and securely distribute Visio documents and summaries
Extend functionality using VBA macros, add-ins, and wrapper applications

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By John
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This is a great book for those who really want to "use" Visio to get under the skin of data they deal with. Many computer books tend to be long reference lists of properties and data, but this book's packed full of worked examples of real-world problems plus tips and code that you won't find in the Help menu. There's great coverage of the new 2007 functionality such as PivotDiagrams and Data Graphics, but all from the point of view of how you can actually use this stuff.

I got this book because I've seen David speak at various events and what you get here is his experience "in the field" as opposed to a simple tour of Visio's features.

If you're a complete beginner then there are probably more basic books available, but if you're already using Visio in your job then I'd definitely recommend it.
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I found this book heavy going as it goes into depth very quickly without providing an overview of the basics.

There are chapters at the end that would provide a gentle 'lead in' if they were at the start.

In particular the VBA chapter should be one of the first and followed by a chapter discussing Visio's VBA functions and object syntax - the coding & coded cell examples provided throughout the book would probably make a lot more sense if this was done.

If you;re a very experienced (advanced?) Visio user this might make more sense.
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Great title - poorly written 10 Aug 2007
By James J. Bell - Published on Amazon.com
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I want you to think of the stereo typical college level professor who drones on while writing on the chalk board. Is the professor dumb? Of course not. Does he lack the ability to teach? Yes. This author portrays himself as a user who got tired of depending on IT for meaningful reports. I see this author as a geek's geek. He can quote Visual Basic in his sleep and does so throughout this text. However, this author lacks perspective. He thinks we all just take one look at his VB and a 100 watt light bulb pops-up over our heads. And just like a professor he drones on in his book without approaching a subject from a different perspective. If he's so good at Visio - why didn't he include example diagrams? Just to clarify - I have no problem with Visio books going into VB - my problem is when they don't approach the subject from multiple perspectives to reach more hearts and minds.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Easy to read, lots of good info 14 Aug 2007
By L. Ballas - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed the author's casual conversational tone through much of the book. It had a lot of good info, some of which was valuable if you were sitting at a keyboard and followed along step-by-step. The author provides a download site for the code within the book, which is a nice alternative to those book CDs that always end up lost.

As a reference, the text wasn't perfect. I think it was really designed to be read rather than thumbed through.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Helpful for people with VBA experiece, not so much for others 11 May 2009
By Business User - Published on Amazon.com
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This book is great if you have previous programming experience. For someone with none, the sample scripts are hard to understand as there is no explanation for functions, variables, syntaxes, etc. Wish the book title or description clearly stated "Smart Diagrams for VBA-savvy Business Users" . Or the author would provide more insight into how the scripts work, so that your average business user can apply the examples to their own needs.
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