Question/Discussion

1.What advantage use the Software Visio

2.List 10 Category of drawing type in Visio
3.Get familiar with the Visio interface.Describe A,B,C and D

1.What advantage use the Software Visio

Visio is a part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications that is designed for
making complex diagrams, such as flow charts or in the context of Information
Architecture wireframes for planning the structure of a website. It uses vector
graphics which means that any diagrams created should be scalable without any
loss of quality, perfect for giving presentations, for example, which gives it an
advantage over using other graphics software such as Adobe Photoshop or
Fireworks, and has many more specific functions. One of the main advantages of
using Visio as opposed to other diagramming software is that is shares a common
interface with the other applications in the Microsoft Office Suite, and therefore
much less of a learning curve is required to start using the software, if one is
familiar with Office, which is generally the case, given the suite's ubiquity within
most organisations. This is a major advantage where collaboration is essential, for
example, where an Information Architect must share receive input from clients,
designers, creaters of content to be placed on the site and so on, since it really only
requires that a version of Office that includes Visio is installed, rather than
specialised software that the other contributors wouldn't neccessarily need. Other
important features that are of use to the Information Architect are the project
planning elements, meaning timelines and dates for implementation for features
planned in the wireframes are integrated neatly into the project. Visio will also aid
the analysis of existing sites, by listing links and identifying broken ones, and
identifying changes in the site since it was last diagrammed by Visio. Visio also aids
with databases, in that it can reverse engineer a database and diagram a model of
the database, thus aiding two important elements in Information Architecture,
structure of information on a website and structure of information within a

database. Visio should be considered an importnat tool in the initial planning stages
of a website, which is clearly highly importnat to the Information Architect, and its
interoperability with other products is a key point that puts it at an advantage over
some other diagramming tools.
2.List 10 Category of drawing type in Visio
1)Getting Started
2)Samples
3)Business
4)Engineering
5)Flow Chart
6)General
7)Maps and Floor Plans
8)Network
9)Schedule
10)Network and Database

3.Get familiar with the Visio interface.Describe A,B,C and D

Getting Started

Step 1: To open a new Visio drawing, go to the Start Menu and select Programs >>
Visio
Step 2: Move your cursor over "Business Process " and select "Basic Flowchart"

A:

the toolbars across the top of the screen are similar to other Microsoft programs
such as Word and PowerPoint. If you have used these programs before, you may
notice a few different functionalities, which we will explore later.
Selecting Help >> Diagram Gallery is a good way to become familiar with the types
of drawings and diagrams that can be created in Visio.
B : the left side of the screen shows the menus specific to the type of diagram you
are creating. In this case we see:
Arrow Shapes
Backgrounds
Basic Flowchart Shapes
Borders and Titles
C : the center of the screen shows the diagram workspace, which includes the
actual diagram page as well as some blank space adjacent to the page.

D : the right side of the screen shows some help functions. Some people may
choose to close this window to increase the area for diagram workspace, and reopen the help functions when necessary.