Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Inside Out

Chapter 6. Storing Data in Diagrams

Working with Shapes, Data, and Custom Properties

Entering Data in Shapes

Defining Custom Properties

Using Custom Property Sets

Creating Reports

Besides the great visuals you get from a drawing or diagram, you can use Microsoft Office Visio 2003 to store a great deal of information. Most diagram types are designed to include data in the form of customizable shape properties called custom properties. Custom properties provide a data-entry interface for a shape. For example, organization chart shapes can store data about employees, such as name and job title. Network shapes can store data about devices and equipment, ...