Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Step by Step

Chapter 1. Starting Diagrams

In this chapter you will learn to:

• Starting Diagrams by Using Templates

• Working Within the Microsoft Office Visio Environment

• Customizing the Visio Environment

• Getting Visio and Diagram Help

Have you ever tried to explain a new team organization or a complex inter-departmental process in an e-mail message or a memo only to find that no one quite understood it? Have you ever given a presentation about critical project milestones, and then watched everyone walk away with a puzzled expression? Both of these situations are ideal times to use Microsoft Office Visio 2003—the business drawing and diagramming program that helps you communicate visually. Visually is the key word. When you can't effectively convey your message verbally, ...