Organisation Charts (3D)

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Thu 18 Dec 2008, 09:49 Delegate Tom said...

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Organisation Charts (3D)

Hi!

Is it possible to do a 3D organisation chart in Visio? I would need it for 400 people!

Thanks
Tom

Mon 22 Dec 2008, 09:55 Trainer Richard said...

RE: Organisation Charts (3D)

Hello Tom,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Visio course with BEST Training.
Thank you for your question regarding 3D organisation chart in Visio.

As Visio is a vector-based diagramming application, you could fit 400 shapes on the page. It would be very small, and difficult to print.

What you can do is hyperlink the shapes in the org chart so that you can have multiple pages that show various levels within the organisation.

To do this, create your top level structure on the first page, and then on subsequent pages, draw the deeper levels of your chart.

Now, go back to your first page, and right click one of the departments or managers. Choose FORMAT > BEHAVIOUR. Then choose the second tab called DOUBLE-CLICK. On the bottom of this window, the is an option called GO-TO, with a list of your pages. Choose the one you want.
Click OK.

Now when you double click that shape, it will automatically take you to the page you have selected.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Richard
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

Mon 29 Dec 2008: Automatically marked as resolved.

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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.