Datasheet

sample. To use the sample, select the US Units or Metric option, and
click Open Sample Data.
 Category: The Category list shows eight items. These items represent
the diagram types including Business, Engineering, Flowchart, General,
Maps and Floor Plans, Network, Schedule, and Software and Database.
Selecting a particular category displays a list of associated templates in
the center pane. For example, when you select the Business category,
you see Brainstorming Diagram, Organizational Chart, and PivotDiagram
as templates. Below these templates is a list of other templates that you
might want to see when looking for business diagrams, even though
Microsoft hasn’t placed them in this category. Select a particular tem-
plate and you’ll see a larger, more detailed picture of it along with a two-
or three-sentence description. To create a new drawing based on a tem-
plate, choose the template, select the US Units or Metric option, and
click Create.
Getting familiar with the Visio screen
A typical Visio screen looks like the one shown in Figure 1-2. This screen is
displayed when you select the General category and the Basic Diagram (US
units) template. In this section, you look at what’s going on in this window.
Figure 1-2:
A typical
drawing
screen in
Visio.
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