What is Microsoft Visio?

Microsoft Visio is a part of the Microsoft Office Suite of products which consists of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Project. Microsoft Visio is a diagramming tool that can be used to visually communicate technical as well as non-technical representations of ideas, processes, concepts, structures, layouts, software models, blueprints, etc. Microsoft Visio eliminates the laborious process of creating diagrams by providing the tools to create complex diagrams in a user friendly manner. Whether you want to create an office layout, a basic flowchart or an organizational structure, you can do it with minimal effort using Microsoft Visio.

What can it do?

Visio is a user friendly tool to create diagrams, hence it can be used by everyone. You do not need to know software programming in order to use Visio. If you know how to use the computer, you can use Visio. Visio can be used in all walks of life. Using Visio, an electrician can create Electrical Diagrams, a student can create a flowchart to understand the process flow, Sales persons can create charts and graphs, Engineers can create Mechanical Engineering diagrams, Managers can create organizational charts and Software programmers can create UML Diagrams and User Interface prototypes. No matter what kind of diagram you need, you can use Visio to create a professional , impressive diagram with minimal effort. Visio can be used by a technical as well as non-technical user to easily create many different kinds of diagrams for documenting and communicating ideas, concepts, blueprints, etc. Some of the different kinds of diagrams that you can create using Visio are:

• Flowcharts
• Block Diagrams
• Business Process Diagrams
• Charts and Graphs
• Database Models
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Electrical Diagrams
• Mechanical Engineering Diagrams
• Systems and Network Architecture Diagrams
• Organizational Charts
• Gantt Charts
• User Interface Prototypes
• Sitemaps for Websites
• UML Diagrams, etc.

Visio diagrams are compatible with all of the MS Office applications and can be used with word and html documents through the copy paste feature. They can also be used with email programs like Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express.