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Working with Visio 2003

I’ve been doing a lot of Visio work lately, working on presentations for my employer. Here is a list of useful Visio stencils, downloads, and even a blog:

Blogging on Visio – from the lead Visio Program Manager.
Great Shapes for Conceptual Architecture Diagrams in Visio (Part 2) – instructions on how to improve your diagrams, including a server shape download.
Great Shapes for Conceptual Architecture Diagrams in Visio (Part 3) – how to create your own Visio shapes (SVG format) and the popular Microsoft “web service” shape download.
Visio Download Sites – good list of downloads from a Visio MVP.
Stencil Download – UML 2.0 template for Visio that does not do any validation of your UML, highly recommended.
Stencils for the Savvy Manager's Guide – ideas for some decent stencil shapes, though I didn’t actually pay the money and download them.

Published Mar 24 2005, 07:51 AM by darrell

Comments

Raymond Lewallen said:

That's awesome, D. Thanks!

# March 24, 2005 8:39 AM

Benjy said:

Darrell, Have you come across the Smart Shapes in Visio 2003 (for example: http://codebetter.com/blogs/jeff.lynch/archive/2005/03/14/59824.aspx?

I have the VS 2003 Visio for Enterprise Architect version but i cant find that feature. Is it only available in the Professional edition?

Thanks
benjy

# April 7, 2005 3:40 AM

darrell said:

Benjy - yes, they are only available through the Visio 2003 Professional edition. If you have access to that, uninstall Visio for Enterprise Architects and install Visio 2003 Pro. Hope that helps!

# April 7, 2005 6:57 AM

Benjy said:

Thanks Darrell, I did as instructed and got the shapes now. I'm quite surprised that the Ent Arch version doesnt have these shapes. Doesnt really matter cos i dont use the reverse engineering feature in VS EA anyway.

cheers
benjy

# April 8, 2005 3:24 AM