Microsoft Office Visio 2007 edition comparison
The Microsoft Office Visio 2007 product line includes Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 and Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007. Both editions deliver powerful tools tailored to meet a variety of visual communication needs for business and technical professionals. You can easily determine which edition is best for you by the type of work you do and the drawings you create.
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Office Visio Standard 2007
Office 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.
Many features in Office Visio Standard 2007 streamline diagramming tasks to improve productivity and help you communicate more effectively.
- 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.
Note For additional Office Visio Standard 2007 feature information, review the comparison and diagram type tables below.
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Office Visio Professional 2007
Professionals in IT, engineering, and software development benefit from the diagramming solutions targeted toward those specific domain needs in Office Visio Professional 2007. Business professionals who want to link any diagram to business data can also benefit from the new Data Link functionality in Office Visio Professional 2007.
Office Visio Professional 2007 includes all of the business diagramming tools included in Office 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.
Note For additional Office Visio Professional 2007 feature information, review the comparison and diagram type tables below.
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Office Visio 2007 edition comparison
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Office Visio Standard 2007 |
Office Visio Professional 2007 |
| AutoConnect functionality |
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| Autodesk AutoCAD capabilities |
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| Brainstorming diagrams |
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| Business process diagrams |
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| Clip art integration |
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| Context-sensitive Help and links to task-specific templates |
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| Flowcharts |
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| Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 integration |
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| Microsoft Office Project integration with Visio Gantt charts and timelines |
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| Microsoft Office SharePoint Server integration through Document Workspaces |
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| Microsoft Visual Studio programming support, including Microsoft .NET |
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| Multilanguage and complete Unicode support |
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| Organization charts |
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| PDF and XPS file support1 |
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| Review mode |
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| Save as Web page with navigation controls |
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| Shape customization |
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| Shape data reporting |
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| Microsoft Tablet PC support, including digital ink |
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| Theme support |
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| Timelines and calendars |
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| Wizards for generating diagrams from existing data |
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| Workflow shapes (3-D) |
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| XML Web services integration |
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| Building, space, and floor plans |
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| Data-driven solution support (including data-related APIs) |
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| Data Graphics functionality |
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| Data Link functionality |
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| Database modeling diagrams with reverse engineering of any Open Database Connectivity–compliant data source |
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| Directory services diagrams |
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| Engineering diagrams—electrical, chemical, and more |
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| ITIL diagrams |
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| Logical network diagrams |
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| Network rack diagrams |
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| PivotDiagrams |
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| Sample diagrams |
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| Software diagramming and reverse engineering |
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| Value stream maps |
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| Web site mapping and documentation including auto-generation of Web site maps |
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1You can save as a PDF or XPS file from a 2007 Microsoft Office system program only after you install an add-in. For more information, see Install and use a PDF or XPS add-in.
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Microsoft Office Visio 2007 diagram types
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.
Note The template categories and diagram types listed here are included with Office Visio Professional 2007. If you see fewer categories and diagram types, you’re using Office Visio Standard 2007.
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Business
Engineering
Flowchart
General
Maps and floor plans
Network
Schedule
Software and database
Business
KEY:
= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Example |
| Audit Diagram |
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| Basic Flowchart |
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| Brainstorming Diagram |
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| Cause and Effect Diagram |
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| Charts and Graphs |
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| Cross-Functional Flowchart |
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| Data-Flow Diagram |
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| EPC Diagram |
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| Fault Tree Analysis Diagram |
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| ITIL Diagram |
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| Marketing Charts and Diagrams |
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| Organization Chart |
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| PivotDiagram |
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| TQM Diagram |
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| Value Stream Map |
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| Work Flow Diagram |
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Engineering
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= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Example |
| Basic Electrical |
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| Circuits and Logic |
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| Fluid Power |
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| Industrial Control Systems |
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| Part and Assembly Drawing |
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| Piping and Instrumentation |
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| Process Flow Diagram |
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| Systems |
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Flowchart
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= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Office Visio Professional 2007 |
Example |
| Basic Flowchart |
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| Cross-Functional Flowchart |
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| IDEF0 Diagram |
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| SDL Diagram |
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| Work Flow Diagram |
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General
KEY:
= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Example |
| Basic Diagram |
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| Basic Flowchart |
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| Block Diagram |
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| Block Diagram with Perspective |
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Maps and floor plans
KEY:
= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Office Visio Professional 2007 |
Example |
| Directional Map |
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| Directional Map 3-D |
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| Electrical and Telecom Plan |
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| Floor Plan |
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| Home Plan |
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| HVAC Control Logic Diagram |
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| HVAC Plan |
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| Office Layout |
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| Plant Layout |
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| Plumbing and Piping Plan |
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| Reflected Ceiling Plan |
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| Security and Access Plan |
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| Site Plan |
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| Space Plan |
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Network
KEY:
= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Office Visio Professional 2007 |
Example |
| Active Directory |
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| Basic Network Diagram |
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| Conceptual Web Site |
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| Detailed Network Diagram |
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| LDAP Directory |
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| Rack Diagram |
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| Web Site Map |
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Schedule
KEY:
= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
Office Visio Standard 2007 |
Office Visio Professional 2007 |
Example |
| Calendar |
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| Gantt Chart |
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| PERT Chart |
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| Timeline |
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Software and database
KEY:
= Feature Included
| Diagrams |
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Office Visio Professional 2007 |
Example |
| COM and OLE |
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| Conceptual Web Site |
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| Database Model Diagram |
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| Data Flow Model Diagram |
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| Enterprise Application |
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| Express-G |
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| Jackson |
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| ORM Diagram |
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| Program Structure |
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| ROOM |
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| Web Site Map |
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| Windows XP User Interface |
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| UML Model Diagram |
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