Microsoft Office Visio 2007 for DUMmIES.pdf

Visio ® 2007

FOR

Office

DUMmIES

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by John Paul Mueller and Debbie Walkowski

Microsoft

Visio ® 2007 For Dummies ®

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About the Authors

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his

blood, having produced 70 books and over 300 articles to date. The topics

range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database manage-

ment to heads-down programming. Some of his current books include a

Windows power optimization book, a book on .NET security, and books on

Amazon Web Services, Google Web Services, and eBay Web Services. His

technical editing skills have helped more than 51 authors refine the content

of their manuscripts. John has provided technical editing services to both

Data Based Advisor and Coast Compute magazines. He’s also contributed arti-

cles to magazines like DevSource , InformIT , Informant , DevX , SQL Server

Professional , Visual C++ Developer , Hard Core Visual Basic , asp.netPRO ,

Software Test and Performance , and Visual Basic Developer .

When John isn’t working at the computer, you can find him in his workshop.

He’s an avid woodworker and candle maker. On any given afternoon, you can

find him working at a lathe or putting the finishing touches on a bookcase. He

also likes making glycerin soap and candles, which comes in handy for gift

baskets. You can reach John on the Internet at JMueller@mwt.net . John is

also setting up a Web site at http://www.mwt.net/~jmueller/ ; feel free to

look and make suggestions on how he can improve it. Check out his weekly

blog at http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/id/AQOA2QP4X1YWP .

Debbie Walkowski has worked in the computer industry for more than 20

years in a variety of positions from sales and marketing to teaching and train-

ing. For the last 14 years, she has made writing her primary focus. Her com-

pany, the Writing Works, specializes in writing computer self-help books and

providing writing services to companies such as Microsoft Corporation,

Hewlett-Packard (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation), and AT&T

Wireless Communications. She has authored 18 books on popular computer

software, including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, Microsoft PowerPoint,

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Windows, Visio, Quicken,

WordPerfect, and Lotus 1-2-3.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to those purveyors of the medicinal latte, Muhammad

and Marilyn Kharbush.

Author’s Acknowledgments

From John Mueller: Thanks to my wife, Rebecca, for working with me to get

this book completed. I really don’t know what I would have done without her

help in researching and compiling some of the information that appears in

this book. She also did a fine job of proofreading my rough draft and page-

proofing the result. She also had to do without my help in the garden this

summer, which made things mighty tough on her.

Russ Mullen deserves thanks for his technical edit of this book. He greatly

added to the accuracy and depth of the material you see here. Russ is always

providing me with great URLs for new products and ideas. I really appreci-

ated Russ’ input on several of the new Visio 2007 features. They were helpful

in rounding out the information you find in this book.

Matt Wagner, my agent, deserves credit for helping me get the contract in the

first place and taking care of all the details that most authors don’t really con-

sider. I always appreciate his assistance. It’s good to know that someone

wants to help.

A number of people read all or part of this book to help me refine the

approach, test the examples, and generally provide input that every reader

wishes they could have. These unpaid volunteers helped in ways too numer-

ous to mention here. I especially appreciate the efforts of Eva Beattie who

read the entire book and selflessly devoted herself to this project. Members

of various newsgroups and the support staff from Microsoft were instrumen-

tal in helping me overcome obstacles. A number of other people helped me in

ways too numerous to mention.

Finally, I would like to thank Kyle Looper, Nicole Sholly, John Edwards,

Jennifer Theriot, and the rest of the editorial and production staff for their

assistance in bringing this book to print. It’s always nice to work with such a

great group of professionals.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

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Acquisitions, Editorial, and

Media Development

Project Editor: Nicole Sholly

Acquisitions Editor: Kyle Looper

Copy Editor: John Edwards

Technical Editor: Russ Mullen

Editorial Manager: Kevin Kirschner

Media Development Specialists: Angela Denny,

Kate Jenkins, Steven Kudirka, Kit Malone

Media Development Coordinator:

Laura Atkinson

Media Project Supervisor: Laura Moss

Media Development Manager:

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Editorial Assistant: Amanda Foxworth

Sr. Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case

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Proofreaders: Kevin Broccoli, Jessica Kramer,

Christy Pingleton

Indexer: Techbooks

Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies

Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher

Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher

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Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director

Publishing for Consumer Dummies

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Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director

Composition Services

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Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services

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