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data

adding to components, 824–26

formatting in space plans, 791–95

of network shapes, 387–89

refreshing in space plans, 784–85

unplaced, 761–62

Data Flow Diagram template, 263–64

data flow diagrams (DFDs), 583–84

Data Flow Model Diagram template, 263, 583–84

data import, 297

data loss, 495

data mapping, 292

data source

connecting to, 562–63

ODBC data source, connecting to, 715–17

for organization charts, 291–92

setting up, 561–62

data source name (DSN), 562–63, 715–17

data storage in diagrams

configurable custom properties, 173

custom properties, creating, 168–70

custom properties, defining, 175–80

Custom Properties window, 170–71

custom property sets, 180–90

displaying properties for one shape, 171–72

entering data in shapes, 174–75

reports, creating, 190–201

shapes with custom properties, 165–68

data tracking, 513

Data Types, 586

data types

for column, 573

user-defined, 574

database code, 558–59

database driver, 561–62

Database Export Wizard, 719

database management system (DBMS), 561

Database menu, 556

database model diagram

categorizing subtypes of tables, 572

data types, specifying, 573–75

Database Properties window, 566–68

feedback from Output window, 557–58

index, defining, 578–79

modeling preferences, 559–60

relationships/cardinality, 575–78

reverse engineering database, 560–66

role text/object role modeling, 578

starting new/setting modeling options, 554–56

tables, adding, 568–69

tables, adding columns to, 569–71

updating, 566

viewing database code, 558–59

viewing tables, 556–57

with Visio, 553–54

Database Model Diagram template

function of, 553

integration with Visual Studio .NET, 574

for new database model diagram, 554–56

database objects, 563–64

Database Properties window

adding columns to table with, 569–71

displaying, 566

options of, 567–68

Database Templates, 6, 854

Database Wizard

adding actions/events with, 731–32

generating shapes from database, 728

databases

attaching to, 779–81

exchanging data with Visio diagrams, 711–12

exporting shape properties to, 717–21

for floor plans, preparing to use, 778

linked shapes, managing, 729–33

linking shapes to, 721–29

ODBC data source, connecting to, 715–17

shape-database connections, 712–13

ShapeSheet information, exporting/linking, 713–14

dates, 338

Date/Time field, 141

DBMS (database management system), 561

default database driver, 561–62

default format, 118

default hyperlink, 148

default naming convention, 570

default styles, 692–93

Define Custom Properties dialog box

defining custom properties in, 178

defining custom property sets in, 185

editing custom property sets in, 186

options in, 176–77

Define Styles dialog box, 689

deleting

CAD layers, 489–90

custom properties, 189–90

hyperlink, 152

layers, 463–64

styles, 692

text, 93

deployment diagram

creating, 601–2

function of, 584

depth, 72–74

desktop, Visio, 17

Detailed Network Diagram stencil, 371

Detailed Network Diagram template, 370–71

developers, 26

Developing Microsoft Visio Solutions (Microsoft Press), 26

DFDs (data flow diagrams), 583–84

Diagram Gallery, Microsoft Office, 7–8

diagram types

new drawing pane, starting in, 14–15

starting with preferred, 12–14

diagramming

drag-and-drop, 7–8

Visio Standard vs. Visio Professional modeling, 8–9

diagrams. See also Microsoft Office PowerPoint; specific diagrams

adding connectors to, 63–69

adding site map to, 400–1

adding title block to, 134–39

annotating with callout shapes, 130–34

conceptual, rulers for, 101

creating Web pages from, 154–60

embedded, editing, 214–16

embedded, saving as Visio file, 215

embedding, 209–11

embedding into Web page, 160–62

exporting to Web, 153–64

formatting, 54–62

hyperlinks in embedded, 215

linked, 205–8

linking shapes/pages, 146–53

locking, 238–39

opening, 27–28

print preview of, 255–58

printing, 242–51

printing to a file, 254–55

saving as Web page, 145–46

text, adding to, 83–91

as Web graphic, 162–64

diagrams, creating

formatting, 54–62

overview of, 33

pages, adding/editing, 49–54

shapes, adding to diagram, 33–41

shapes, laying out on page, 41–49

diagrams, data storage in

configurable custom properties, creating, 173

custom properties, creating, 168–70

custom properties, defining, 175–80

Custom Properties window, 170–71

custom property sets, 180–90

displaying properties for one shape, 171–72

entering data in shapes, 174–75

reports, creating, 190–201

shapes with custom properties, 165–68

dialog box

help with, 25

measurement units in, 430–36

dictionaries, 126–27

digital camera, 228–29

digital signatures, 634

dimension, 456–60

dimension line shapes

adding, 454–55

dimensioning stencils, 454

display control, 455–56

function of, 453

Dimensioning – Architectural stencil, 454

Dimensioning – Engineering stencil, 454, 803

dimensions

adding to floor/site plan, 548–49

CAD, converting, 490

dimension lines to show size, 453–55

display control, 455–56

directory diagram, 390–91

Directory Services Directory Navigator, 11

display

CAD drawings, 472

of group attributes, 679

information with text fields, 141–44

organization charts information, 292–93

text, changing, 118–19

text using shapes, 130–39

display subsystem, 113

Distribute Shapes command

for shape distribution, 451–53

for spacing shapes on guides, 447

Distribute Shapes dialog box, 452–53

DMS. See Document Management System (DMS)

dock windows, 23

DOCMD, 753–54

Document Info field, 141

Document Management System (DMS)

opening files in, 31

saving to, 236–37

document stencil

custom properties for, 178–80

editing shapes and, 48

Document Workspaces, 233

documents, opening

alternate file type, 28

in document management system, 31

drawing file without template, 28

existing, 27–28

older version, 29–30

overview of, 27

recently used, 28

searching for, 30–31

stencils, 28–29

documents, Visio

containing macros, 611–12

drawing (.vsd), 611

overview of, 609–11

stencil (.vss), 612–15

template (.vst), 615–16

door. See also Walls, Doors And Windows stencil

adding, 526–32

default settings, 528–30

door schedule, 530–32

Door Schedule Report, 192

Door Type field, 526

double-click actions, 747–50

drag-and-drop

creating drawings with, 33

diagramming with shapes, 7–8

embedding in other programs, 211–12

objects onto drawing page, 229

overview of, 4

“drag-drop-done” approach, 802

drawing aids

described, 43

displaying, 649–50

shape extension lines vs., 654

drawing (DWG) files

CAD drawings with, 475–76

containing macros, 611–12

converting to from Visio diagram, 494–95

measurement units for, 427–29

opening without template, 28

overview of, 611

troubleshooting, 480

Drawing Exchange Format (DXF) files, 476, 494–95

Drawing Explorer

adding pages in, 51

viewing layers in, 462–63

viewing shapes by layer in, 377–78

viewing shapes/pages in, 22–23

drawing page

adding/editing, 49–51

background, using, 51–52

CAD model space vs., 473–74

Connector tool and, 37

drawing scale for, 423–24

linking, 146–53

printing foreground/background, 254

printing selected, 251–54

resizing, 52–53, 385–86

rotating, 54

tiled, controlling page breaks, 245–46

viewing in Drawing Explorer, 22–23

working in, 18–20

drawing scale

choosing measurement units, 427–28

displaying, 425

for multiple-page network diagrams, 384–85

need for, 422

setting, 423–24

shapes in scaled drawings, 426–27

SI Symbol shape, 426

with templates, 421–22

Drawing Scale shape, 425–26

Drawing Tool Shapes stencil

drawing with, 805–6

shapes of, 803

drawing tools. See also specific drawing tools

shape geometry types with, 638

space plans, 512

drawing type, 12

drawing units, 474

drawings

CAD, importing, 476–82

floor plan, creating space plans from, 765–67

scaled, creating templates for, 631–32

scaled, fill patterns for, 699

scaled, line end patterns for, 704

scaled, line patterns for, 701

technical, title blocks for, 138–39

drop event

defined, 725

for linked shapes, 726

drop-down menus, 16

DSN (data source name), 562–63, 715–17

DWG files. See drawing (DWG) files

DXF (Drawing Exchange Format) files, 476, 494–95

Dynamic Connector shape, 374

dynamic connectors, 70

dynamic grid

to center shapes, 438–39

described, 43

flowchart shape alignment and, 267