The Microsoft Office Visio tools are grouped on toolbars based on the type of task you perform with them.
To see the purpose of a tool or button, pause the pointer over it on the toolbar. A tip appears that describes the tool. If no tip appears, turn on the display of ScreenTips on the Options tab of the Customize dialog box.
Menu Bar
Standard Microsoft Windows-style menus.
Standard
Primary tools for dragging and drawing shapes, as well as standard Windows-program tools for opening, closing, saving, and printing files.
Formatting
Buttons for changing the font, formatting, color, and line style.
Action
Buttons to align, rotate, connect, change the stacking order of, and group shapes.
Developer
Drawing
Tools for drawing rectangles, elipses, lines, arcs, and freeform shapes.
Format Shape
Style lists for lines, fills, and layers along with tools for corner rounding, transparency, fill pattern, and shadows.
Format Text
Style lists for text along with tools for changing format, alignment, size, and bullets.
Layout & Routing
Buttons for changing how connector routing behaves.
Reviewing
Tools for marking up drawings and managing markups.
Picture
Tools for editing graphics including Insert Picture, the Crop Tool, Format Picture, and Transparency.
Snap & Glue
Buttons for changing how snap or glue behave.
Stencil
Buttons for opening, creating, and changing stencils.
View
Buttons for showing or hiding the grid, guides, and connection points, displaying layers, and opening the Shapes, Pan & Zoom, Custom Properties, Size & Position, and Drawing Explorer windows.
Web
Buttons for inserting hyperlinks, paging back or forward on the Web, and opening Microsoft Internet Explorer.