Dig into Visio 2003—and discover how you can really put your business diagrams and technical drawings to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds all in concise, fast-answer format. It?s all muscle and no fluff. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Visio mastery!

• Explore better ways to visualize your business—from organization charts and floorplans to business process diagrams
• Get expert tips for using the ready-made templates—or create your own shapes and solutions
• Use Visio to collaborate with coworkers, including creating brainstorming diagrams
• Track and manage projects with timelines, Gantt charts, and PERT charts
• Plan and map out your Web site
• Diagram databases, computer networks, and software systems
• Add Visio drawings to other Microsoft Office programs for more powerful spreadsheets, slides, and other communications
• Extract and reuse data from Visio drawings with XML, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Access *Produce precisely scaled architectural plans and engineering schematics; easily import CAD elements

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