visio+training - Aligning shapes

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Fri 17 Aug 2007, 09:45 Delegate Tracey said...

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Aligning shapes

How do I align shapes?

Mon 20 Aug 2007, 15:27 Trainer Richard said...

RE: Aligning shapes

Hi Tracey

To align shapes, you must select the shape you want to align to FIRST, and then select the others. This then becomes the Primary Reference shape, to which the others will align to.
You will know this by the slightly thicker pink/purple outline on the primary shape.
Simply use the Ctrl Key to click and highlight the shapes.

Once that is done, Click SHAPE > ALIGN, and choose from the 6 options available.

Regards

Richard

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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.