Microsoft Visio Standard 2007 Software (32/64-bit)

Visio Standard 2007 is best for business users who need to visualize, document, communicate, and share ideas using professional-looking flowcharts, office layouts, organization charts, project timelines, and more.

Visio 2007 standard's 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.

Many features in Visio Standard 2007 streamline diagramming tasks to improve productivity and help you communicate more effectively.

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. Brainstorm ideas. Export brainstorming diagrams to Microsoft Office Word documents in outline form to easily organize and communicate ideas generated in meetings. Chart your organization. Insert pictures and dotted-line relationships into organization charts to show employee pictures and important reporting structures. Schedule activities. Generate calendars by importing Outlook calendar data into Office Visio 2007 for easy viewing and reference. Track project progress. Split activities among multiple timelines and synchronize them for clearer illustrations. Visualize your business processes. Use specific tools and diagram types to support any business process documentation effort. Customize Office Visio 2007 programmatically and create custom data-connected solutions.Easily extend Office Visio 2007 programmatically or by integrating it with other applications to fit your industry-specific scenarios or unique organizational requirements. Develop your own custom solutions and shapes, or use those from Visio solution providers. Visualize your custom solutions with Visio diagrams, such as data flow and Windows user interface diagrams, by using templates in the Software and Database category of Office Visio Professional 2007. Create diagrams faster by letting Visio connect shapes for you. Using new AutoConnect functionality, let Office Visio 2007 automatically connect, distribute, and align shapes in diagrams for you all in one action. Just drag a shape onto the drawing page and position it over one of the blue arrows that appear on a shape that is already on the drawing page; Visio does the rest.

Diagrams created in Visio 2007 enable you to visualize, explore, and communicate information effectively. The following tables show the diagram types that are included in each 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.