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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

By : John Marshall, David Parker
Book Image

Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

By: John Marshall, David Parker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Visio Professional is a data visualization application that is used by many different market sectors and many different departments to represent information visually, from network infrastructure to organization charts, from process diagrams to office layouts. Starting off with a brief introduction to Visio Professional 2016 and then moving on to data storage, linking data to shapes, and working with SQL Server to create a solid foundation. Then we’ll cover topics such as refreshing data, working with geographical data, working with various graphics, and diagrams, and more. Finally, you’ll find out how to deploy custom stencils, templates, and code.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
Credits
About the Author
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Modifying the ribbon


Microsoft created the ribbon to bring order into the UI, but that meant that they decided to leave some buttons out that were previously in the command bars. Some of these buttons were extremely useful, and fortunately, they can be easily added back into the ribbon. The following screenshot shows a few added to a new group called Extras in the Developer tab. The one called Edit Object is extremely useful because it will open a group shape in edit mode, allowing the sub-shapes to be selected and modified. This dialog can be opened from the right-click menu option, Customize the Ribbon…, from any blank area in the ribbon: