Jumpstart professional process diagramming with Visio Professional 2013 and Visio Pro for Office 365
www.office.com/setup Blogs: Yana Terukhova is a Product Marketing Manager on the Microsoft Visio team.
Successful Business Process Management (BPM) initiatives start with process diagrams, and the new Visio can help business analysts create great-looking, professional process diagrams fast.
Familiar look and feel
Visio has the look and feel of other Microsoft Office applications, so you can find and access the features and tools you need quickly. The Microsoft Office Fluent user interface groups features and tools logically, and makes them visible in your workspace.
Office Fluent user interface in Visio
Format and modify diagrams quickly
Productivity features help you format and modify diagrams fast in the new Visio. Whether you are creating a diagram from scratch, or adding and deleting shapes in an existing diagram, you can place, connect, and align shapes quickly and accurately with features such as the Quick Shapes Mini Toolbar.
Quick Shapes mini-toolbar
Automated alignment features
With the Duplicate Page feature, you can right- click a page and create a copy–a replica of the content and design features of the original page in a brand new page.
Duplicate Page feature
Variety of themes and effects
Hundreds of new themes and effects are available straight out of the box to help you create professional-looking, customized diagrams. Themes and variants are available on the Design tab.
Design tab with multiple themes
BPMN2.0 diagram with sketch effect theme
BPMN2.0 diagram with an alternate theme
New and updated templates and shapes
The new Visio has an array of new and updated templates and shapes based on the latest standards, such as Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0, Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.4, and Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0, as well as basic templates such as cross-functional flowcharts and basic workflows.
Tell us what you think
Let us know in the comments what you think of the new Visio and how you’re putting it to work for you, as well as any tips or tricks you’ve learned along the way.
–Yana Terukhova, Product Marketing Manager
