Microsoft Office Visio 2007 is the diagramming tool of choice for business and technical professionals who need to quickly and easily visualize, explore, and communicate information. With Office Visio 2007, creating a wide range of diagrams such as organization charts, timelines, calendars, Gantt charts, PERT charts, and flowcharts is a snap.
Office Visio 2007 includes everything you need to create professional-looking timelines and calendars. Create timelines or calendars manually, generate them from data, and use shapes that Visio positions by date for you. You can also easily share your timelines and calendars with others in your organization in a variety of ways.
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Visualize and track project schedules
Choose from a variety of linear timelines
Drag, drop, and rearrange professional-looking timeline shapes onto the drawing page to show the time span for your project. Configure date and time information in a format your audience will easily understand. Make your diagrams look even more impressive by applying color and effect themes.Position milestones and intervals by date
Drag shapes that represent project milestones and intervals on a timeline, enter the date information, and let Office Visio position the shapes for you by date. Easily rearrange shapes by changing the date, milestone, or interval type with just a click. Add Today Marker shapes that indicate the project status to date and the amount of time that’s elapsed since the beginning of the project.Track additional details for a portion of a timeline
Visualize a portion of your timeline in more detail using the Expanded Timeline shape, which stays synchronized with the overall timeline. Add a shape to the overall timeline and Office Visio can also add it to the expanded timeline. To better track details you might not want to show in the overall timeline, shapes that you add to the expanded timeline will not appear on the overall timeline.
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Import, export, store, and visualize data
Generate timelines and calendars from existing data
Create an entire timeline by importing Microsoft Office Project data. Easily import calendar data from Microsoft Office Outlook to generate great-looking daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly Visio calendars.Export timeline information to data files
Export data from Visio timelines to Office Project files to make sure everyone has the information they need in the appropriate format.Visually track supporting data in timelines and calendars
With Office Visio Professional 2007, easily link timelines and calendars to external data sources and visualize data by using attractive and professional-looking graphics. See a sample diagram in Office Visio Professional to get ideas for how to easily integrate data with your timelines. Top of Page
Share timelines and calendars with others
Collaborate with colleagues
Easily collaborate with colleagues to create timelines and calendars by using revision marks to track diagram changes. If you’re using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, easily check diagrams in and out directly from Office Visio.Integrate timelines and calendars into other Microsoft Office applications
Easily integrate Visio timelines in your Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations or Microsoft Office Word documents.Convert schedules to other formats
Make your timelines and calendars available to all members of your organization by saving them as Web pages and posting them to your organization’s intranet. Save Visio diagrams in PDF or XPS file format to make them more portable and to reach additional audiences. For more information, see Install and use a PDF or XPS add-in. Top of Page
Get started with Visio timelines and calendars
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