Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Chapter 17. The Excel–Visio Connection

Visio Essentials—A Quick Reference Overview

Creating a Visio Organization Chart from Worksheet Data

Creating a PivotDiagram

Using Shape Data and Data Graphics

More Visio Data Connections

Microsoft Visio is a powerful technical diagramming program. But, as demonstrated many times throughout this book, powerful doesn’t have to mean complicated. This chapter on Microsoft Office Visio 2007 is included here because of the power you can get when you let data do the drawing for you. Unlike SmartArt or any Office Art capabilities in the core programs of the 2007 release, Office Visio 2007 diagrams can be created from, return, or otherwise interact with data.

So, what does that mean for you? First of all, you can automatically ...