Microsoft Visio (/Ëvɪz.i.oÊ/VIZ-ee-oh) (formerly Microsoft Office Visio) is a diagramming and vector graphics application and is part of the Microsoft Office family. The product was first introduced in 1992, made by the Shapeware Corporation. It was acquired by Microsoft in 2000.
Features[edit]
Microsoft made Visio 2013 for Windows available in two editions: Standard and Professional. The Standard and Professional editions share the same interface, but the Professional edition has additional templates for more advanced diagrams and layouts, as well as capabilities intended to make it easy for users to connect their diagrams to data sources and to display their data graphically.[3][4] The Professional edition features three additional diagram types, as well as intelligent rules, validation, and subprocess (diagram breakdown).[5] Visio Professional is also offered as an additional component of an Office365 subscription.[6]
On 22 September 2015, Visio 2016 was released alongside Microsoft Office 2016. A few new features have been added such as one-step connectivity with Excel data, information rights management (IRM) protection for Visio files, modernized shapes for office layout, detailed shapes for site plans, updated shapes for floor plans, modern shapes for home plans, IEEE compliant shapes for electrical diagrams, new range of starter diagrams, and new themes for the Visio interface.[7]
Database modeling in Visio revolves around a Database Model Diagram (DMD).[8]
File formats[edit]
All of the previous versions of Visio used VSD, the proprietary binary-file format. Visio 2010 added support for the VDX file format, which is a well-documented XML Schema-based ('DatadiagramML') format, but still uses VSD by default.
Visio 2013 drops support for writing VDX files in favor of the new VSDX and VSDM file formats,[9] and uses them by default. Created based on Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) standard (ISO 29500, Part 2), a VSDX or VSDM file consists of a group of XML files archived inside a Zip file.[9] VSDX and VSDM files differ only in that VSDM files may contain macros.[9] Since these files are susceptible to macro virus infection, the program enforces strict security on them.[10]
Microsoft Word 2016 Interface
While VSD files use LZW-like lossless compression, VDX is not compressed. Hence, a VDX file typically takes up 3 to 5 times more storage.[citation needed] VSDX and VSDM files use the same compression as Zip files.
Visio also supports saving files in SVG files, other diagramming files and images. However, images cannot be opened.
History[edit]
Visio began as a standalone product produced by Shapeware Corporation; version 1.0 shipped in 1992. A pre-release, Version 0.92, was distributed free on a floppy disk along with a Microsoft Windows systems readiness evaluation utility. In 1995, Shapeware Corporation changed their name to Visio Corporation to take advantage of market recognition and related product equity. Microsoft acquired Visio in 2000, re-branding it as a Microsoft Office application. Like Microsoft Project, however, it has never been officially included in any of the bundled Office suites (although it was on the disk for Office 2003 and could be installed if users knew it was there[citation needed]). Microsoft included a Visio for Enterprise Architects edition with some editions of Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio 2005.[11]
Along with Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional, Microsoft introduced Visio Enterprise Network Tools and Visio Network Center. Visio Enterprise Network Tools was an add-on product that enabled automated network and directory services diagramming. Visio Network Center was a subscription-based website where users could locate the latest network documentation content and exact-replica network equipment shapes from 500 leading manufacturers.[12] The former has been discontinued, while the latter's shape-finding features are now integrated into the program itself.[13] Visio 2007 was released on November 30, 2006.
Microsoft Visio adopted ribbons in its user interface in Visio 2010.[14]Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook (to some extents) had already adopted the ribbon with the release of Microsoft Office 2007.[15]
November 19, 2012: BPMN[16][circular reference] 2.0 was utilized within Microsoft Visio.[17]
Versions[edit]
There are no Visio versions 7, 8, or 9, because after Microsoft acquired and branded Visio as a Microsoft Office product, the Visio version numbers followed the Office version numbers. Version 13 was skipped due to triskaidekaphobia.
Visio does not have a Mac OS X version, which has led to the growth of several third party applications which can open and edit Visio files on Mac.
On 7 May 2001, Microsoft introduced Visio Enterprise Network Tools (VENT), an add-on for Visio 2002 scheduled for release on 1 July 2001, and Visio Network Center, a subscription-based web service for IT professionals who use Microsoft Visio for computer network diagramming.[18] VENT was discontinued on 1 July 2002 because of very low customer demand.[19]
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Can how I disable the Research Task Pane in Microsoft Excel/Office 2003?
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I have fought with this myself for years, but I finally found the answer:
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Jon PeltierJon Peltier
Turns off the Research Pane/Pain: Soal b.inggris kelas 6 semester 2 dan kunci jawaban.
Go to
Add/Remove Programs ---> Microsoft Office ---> Add or Remove Features ---> expand Office Tools ---> disable Research Explorer Bar (there's a red X which you select to disable it.
Worked for me and I was delighted to get rid of the damned thing.
As I understand it you can still access the Research Pane manually (e.g. clicking on its icon). I have not bothered with this to manual access to check it out because I'm hoping to never see this pane again.
Simon Sheehan
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WinWin
Do you mean to stop the task pane from appearing at Excell startup or disable it altogether?
If you want to disable it, I can't help you, sorry, but if you want it to stop appearing go to 'Tools', 'Options' menu, then in the View tab, and uncheck 'Startup Task Pane.'
If it doesn't works, have a look at http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000753.htm; I'm told you may have to manually edit the registry in some cases. (Danger, Will Robinson!)
Excellll
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You can't disable it. You can only remove all the services it tries to use then keep closing it. It comes up from various key combinations like Ctrl+Whatever or Alt+Whatever.
Steve Case
Try disabling it by disabling the Bing bar on your browser. That was the only thing I changed and it worked for me.
NotAgainNotAgain
You can just try Alt+click on any cell and then go to Review tab and uncheck research button. You will see the pane doesn't automatically show up any more.
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