Microsoft Visio Professional 2013
The new Microsoft Visio has:
Features designed to make it easier to create diagrams—including
quicker access to frequently used tools, new and updated shapes and
stencils, and improved and expanded themes and effects.
Tools to make teamwork simpler, such as the ability to work
together on the same diagram at the same time and improved
commenting—in both Visio and Visio Services.
Improved touch support, including for Windows 8 and Visio Services
in the new Microsoft SharePoint.
Options to make your diagrams more dynamic by linking shapes to
real-time data, with an expanded set of supported sources.
The ability to share your diagrams with others through a browser
(even if they don't have Visio installed) through Microsoft Office
365 or SharePoint.
Support for updated diagramming standards, including Unified
Modeling Language (UML) 2.4, Business Process Model and Notation
(BPMN) 2.0, and Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0.
Features
Create professional diagrams quickly: Create engaging diagrams in
just a few clicks with updated shapes and new formatting options
and tools.
It's easier to start creating and customizing diagrams
Visio is packed with enhancements to make it easier to get started,
find the stencils you want to use, and quickly get great-looking
results with over 60 built-in templates, many with updated shapes.
You can also create and customize professional-looking diagrams
using a rich set of expanded and improved effects and themes that
apply a completely different design in just one or two clicks.
Perform common tasks more easily
Diagrams are seldom static, so Visio makes it easier than ever to
update your diagram with new shortcuts for frequently performed
tasks. You can get to frequently used tools right away with a
significantly improved quick-access floating toolbar and easily
replace any shape (or combination of shapes) in a diagram while
preserving your shape connections, shape metadata, and the overall
layout.
Create great-looking organization charts more easily
One of the most used templates in Visio—the organization chart—just
got even better with several new styles—from professional to
playful, which you can apply with just one click, the ability to
import pictures and improved layout options to help fine tune the
way your org chart looks.
Work together on diagrams with your team: Collaborate on diagrams
with new teamwork features.
Work together on a single diagram at the same time
Streamline teamwork and reduce the risk of errors by allowing two
or more people to work on the same diagram in a single file at the
same time—from rearranging and adding shapes, to writing comments,
to applying effects. With just one working file, you avoid the need
to email files around, figure out what changes others have made to
the original diagram, and manually merging multiple versions
together.
Share diagrams through a browser on almost any device
By saving your Visio diagrams to Microsoft SharePoint—either on
your company's servers or through Microsoft Office 365—you can make
them instantly viewable through a browser for colleagues without
Visio. Visio Services in SharePoint provides a rich experience
through the browser, with full detail from the original diagram,
refreshable data (in diagrams with data links), the option to view
and add comments, and improved touch support so you can view and
interact with the diagram through virtually any device.
Give feedback with improved commenting
The latest Visio release introduces features designed to make it
easier to capture and address reviewers' feedback on diagrams. You
can add comments to any diagram from virtually any device, whether
through Visio or a browser using Visio Services – and can get
immediate clarification on any you are unclear on by initiating an
instant messaging (IM) conversation or audo/video call right from
within Visio. (Requires a compliant IM application, such as
Microsoft Lync.)
Link diagrams to dynamic data: Use the shapes in your diagram to
make real-time data understandable at a glance.
Link diagram shapes to data with a simple wizard
With Visio, you can link the shapes in your diagram to your
business data to visually represent complex information. Several
popular data sources are supported, including Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Excel Services, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL
Azure, and Microsoft SharePoint Business Connectivity Services.
This allows you to reveal patterns and meaning in your data with
data graphics, such as vibrant icons, symbols, colors, and bar
graphs.
Use a powerful diagramming platform: Get an extensible and flexible
platform for creating diagrams and solutions that fit your
business.
Enhance process management with support for BPMN 2.0 and updated
validation rules
Visio can help you ensure that your diagrams meet the standards
required by your business, including support for Business Process
Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 —today's standard for business
process modeling—and you can use the built-in validation rules to
help ensure your diagrams comply with the specification. You can
also continue to open and update diagrams that use BPMN 1.2.
Create visual workflows and publish them to SharePoint
Visio simplifies how you create SharePoint workflows and Microsoft
Project workflows to support demand management. You can create and
publish SharePoint workflows visually with updated support for
Windows Workflow Foundation 4.0 (including support for stages and
loops and better integration with Microsoft SharePoint Designer)
and also use Visio to create visual Project workflows for demand
management, which work with both Microsoft Project Server and
Microsoft Project Online.
System Requirement
Brand | Microsoft |
System | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server
2012 |
Processor | 1 gigahertz or faster x86- or x64-bit processor with SSE2
instruction set |
RAM | 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32 bit); 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (64 bit) |
ROM | 3.0 gigabytes (GB) available |
Resolution | Graphics hardware acceleration requires a DirectX10 graphics card
and 1024 x 768 resolution |