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Fri 12 Sep 2008, 15:30 Delegate Daniel said...

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How do I apply the dynamic grid to work flow diagrams?

Fri 12 Sep 2008, 16:10 Trainer Richard said...

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Hi Daniel

Hope you enjoyed your Micrsosoft Visio Training course with BEST Training.
Thanks for your question about Dynamic Grids used with Workflow diagrams. Great question.

As we discovered in the training, dynamic grids do not work with Work flow diagrams. I stand to be corrected on this, but what I would recommend is switching the GUIDES option on under the VIEW menu. This will allow you to drag a guide from the ruler to use for alignment. If that fails to meet the need, then use the SHAPES > ALIGN SHAPES command.

Hope that helps.

Best regards

Richard
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Visio tip:

Creating an organisation chart in Visio using Excel data

A quick and easy way to create an organisation chart by importing names and titles stored in list format in an Excel spreadsheet into Visio.

1. Select File, New, Organization Chart.

2. Start the Organization Chart Wizard.

3. At the first step of the wizard, select the 'Information that I enter using the wizard' option, and click Next.

4. At the second step of the wizard, select Excel, then type the name of the file.

5. Select Browse to choose the location you wish to save the file to, click Save, and then click Next.

6. Click OK - a Microsoft Office Excel workbook will open with column headings already entered for you.

7. Replace the sample text with the text you wish to appear in your organisation chart. By holding your cursor over each column heading, you should be able to view data entry tips.

8. Save the Excel file, then close Excel.

9. Proceed through the remaining steps in the wizard to create your organization chart from the data you entered into the Excel file.

Visio's organisation chart wizard will also recognise the following file formats (besides .xls):

- Microsoft Exchange Server Directory (Microsoft Exchange e-mail Address Book).

- Tab- or Comma-delimited text (.txt).

- Org Plus (.txt).

- Microsoft Office Access (.mdb) or any other file format for a database created in an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)-compliant database application.