Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007 Software (32/64-bit)

Visio Professional 2007 helps professionals in IT, engineering, and software development benefit from the diagramming solutions targeted toward those specific needs . Business professionals who want to link any diagram to business data can also benefit from the new Data Link functionality in Visio Professional 2007.

Visio Pro 2007 drawing and diagramming software makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Go from complicated text and tables that are hard to understand to Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance. Instead of static pictures, create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data, are easy to refresh, and dramatically increase your productivity. Use the wide variety of diagrams in Office Visio 2007 to understand, act on, and share information about organizational systems, resources, and processes throughout your enterprise.

Visio Pro 2007 includes all of the business diagramming tools included in Visio Standard 2007, plus additional comprehensive technical solutions and advanced functionality. Use Office Visio Professional 2007 to create high-value diagrams by using features, templates, and solutions such as:

Data Link and Data Graphics functionality. Integrate data with diagrams to combine disparate sources of complex visual, textual, and numeric information in order to provide visual context for data and create a complete picture of a system, resource, or process. Display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, or show symbols that represent data. PivotDiagram template. Visualize and explore your business data in hierarchical form showing data groups and subtotals. Identify the key messages in your data and visually communicate them with others in your organization. Value Stream Map template. Create diagrams based on Lean Methodology and visualize manufacturing processes to facilitate efficiency gains. Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) template. Diagram IT service processes that conform to ITIL standards. Network diagram templates. Diagram logical and physical network diagrams, including rack diagrams. Web development templates. Create site maps of existing Web sites using templates and predefined shapes. Generate reports of site links, including broken links, or use reporting tools to identify changes in a site since it was last diagrammed. Software development templates. Diagram custom software solutions using the Microsoft Windows XP User Interface template, Unified Modeling Language (UML) template, and more. Architectural plans, engineering schematics, facilities management, and database modeling. Create various technical diagrams, such as floor, space, and site plans; engineering schematics; facilities management diagrams; database models; and many more. Office Visio Professional 2007 even includes functionality that enables you to reverse-engineer database models and software solutions. Visualize, explore, and communicate your systems, resources, processes, and the data behind them. Effectively visualize, explore, and communicate your processes, resources, systems, and the data behind them with the wide range of diagram types in Office Visio 2007. Find recently used templates and documents quickly using the new Getting Started window. Easily determine which template to use by viewing enhanced thumbnail previews. Explore data and easily track trends, identify issues, and flag exceptions with PivotDiagrams. Visualize and explore your business data in hierarchical form showing data groups and totals by using the new PivotDiagram template in Office Visio Professional 2007. Drill down into complex data, display data using Data Graphics, dynamically create different views of data, and better understand complex information. Insert PivotDiagrams into any Visio diagram to provide metrics and reports that help you track the progress of a process or system.

Diagrams created in Office Visio 2007 enable you to visualize, explore, and communicate information effectively. The following tables show the diagram types that are included in each Office Visio 2007 edition. The diagram types in the tables are organized using the same categories shown in the Getting Started window when you start Office Visio 2007.