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Microsoft Office Visio 2007 makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information. Go from complicated text and tables that are hard to understand to Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance. Instead of static pictures, create data-connected Visio diagrams that display data, are easy to refresh, and dramatically increase your productivity. Use the wide variety of diagrams in Office Visio 2007 to understand, act on, and share information about organizational systems, resources, and processes throughout your enterprise.
Office Visio 2007 is available in two stand-alone editions: Office Visio Professional and Office Visio Standard. Office Visio Standard 2007 has the same basic functionality as Visio Professional 2007 and includes a subset of its features and templates. Office Visio Standard 2007 is best for business users who need to visualize, document, communicate, and share ideas using professional-looking flowcharts, office layouts, organization charts, project timelines, and more. Office Visio Professional 2007 offers advanced functionality, such as data connectivity and visualization features, that Office Visio Standard 2007 does not.
Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Top 10 Benefits
Visualize, explore, and communicate your systems, resources, processes, and the data behind them
Be more productive by integrating diagrams with information across sources
Reduce manual data reentry by letting Office Visio 2007 keep diagrams up-to-date for you
Visualize and act on complex information by displaying data in diagrams
Explore data and easily track trends, identify issues, and flag exceptions with PivotDiagrams
Create diagrams faster by letting Visio connect shapes for you
Communicate complex information with new templates and shapes
Effectively convey information with professional-looking diagrams
Communicate using diagrams and share them with a broad audience
Customize Office Visio 2007 programmatically and create custom data-connected solutions
System Requirements for Microsoft Visio 2007 Standard Educational
To use Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007 or Microsoft Office Visio Profesisonal 2007, you will need:
500 megahertz (MHz) processor or higher
256 megabyte (MB) RAM or higher
1.5 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive
CD-ROM or DVD drive
1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, or later operating system1
Connectivity to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later running Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is required for certain advanced collaboration functionality. Visual Reports require Visio Professional 2007 and Project 2007, Excel 2007 or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 / Office SharePoint Server 2007.
Certain inking features require running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition or later; speech recognition functionality requires a close-talk microphone and audio output device.
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32 bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply).
1The Office Clean-up wizard not available on 64 bit OS.
