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OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials

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OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials

Overview of this book

If a picture is worth a thousand words, why settle for anything less? Creating good visualizations to substantiate your ideas is essential in today's corporate environment. Use OmniGraffle's remarkably powerful and flexible features to get your diagrams right. Although fun to use, it can get cumbersome to find out exactly how to get what you want.This book will teach you how to make stunning diagrams without spending much time and energy. No matter if you have never used OmniGraffle, or if you are using it on a daily basis, this book will teach you how to get the most out of this splendid diagramming tool. It will first teach you the basics of the program and then extend your knowledge to a higher level.The book will teach you to make eye-popping visuals using a lot of useful, step-by-step examples. It begins with covering concepts that beef up your basics of using OmniGraffle. The earlier chapters will teach you to prepare dazzling diagrams from scratch with the many stencils, shapes, and fonts that are included in OmniGraffle. As your understanding of OmniGraffle broadens, the book will go even deeper to explain the less understood features of the software. It also covers some handy time-saving techniques such as workspaces and keyboard shortcuts.By the time you reach the end of this book, you will have mastered OmniGraffle to turn your ideas into diagrams.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
OmniGraffle 5 Diagramming Essentials
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface
9
OmniGraffle workspaces
Index

Importing Microsoft Visio Templates


Given the sheer number of Windows based computers out there, you will also find that Microsoft Visio Templates are readily available.

There are several reasons why you want to use these templates. One very valid reason is that you cannot find an equivalent OmniGraffle template. Another reason is that your company has standardized MS Visio Templates for certain diagrams and since you are using Macintosh and OmniGraffle, you should thus be able to stick to "company policy".

Note

A quick word of warning when converting a MS Visio Template to a OmniGraffle Stencil: Even if you successfully convert the Visio Template to a Stencil you may not legally re-distribute your OmniGraffle Stencil to other OmniGraffle users.

You must always seek permission from the owner of the Visio Template to re-distribute any derived work.

Converting a MS Visio Template is, in a lot of cases, no more difficult than opening the Visio file.

For this exercise you are going to download a...