Microsoft Visio Standard 2007

• Software makes it easy for IT and business professionals to visualize, explore, and communicate complex information
• Transforms complicated text and tables that are hard to understand to Visio diagrams that communicate information at a glance
• Provides a wide range of templates, including business process flowcharts, network diagrams, workflow diagrams, database models, and software diagrams
• Pre-defined Microsoft SmartShapes symbols and powerful search capabilities help you locate the right shape, whether it is saved on a computer or on the Web
• With a single click, display data fields as callouts next to a shape, position fields in boxes below a shape, and place fields of data directly on top or to the side of a shape

Good for drawing flowcharts:
Good for drawing flowcharts for software. The standard version has the templates used for firmware. Able to export to Visio 2002. 1 month trial can be downloaded from Microsoft. Not as easy to use as Smart Draw, but Visio does not have problems staying on grid and will go full screen on large monitors, so I switched. Only program I have that wont print to Adobe Acrobat writer 5.0.

Quality project:
Much better than using PowerPoint to make organization charts, as we used to do. Format painter function could work better, as copying shapes and formats does not always work as desired.

Works as advertised:
Does what I expected. The only better thing would be a Mac version. For those Mac users, it works perfectly on my Parallels installation of XP. I found no incompatibilities or issues. I often transfer my work to and from PC users without anyone realizing that it was done on a Mac.

Visio Install Issues:
Had major problems installing this product onto a Vista machine that already had Office2007 installed. Had to spend 2 hours with Microsoft to get it loaded. Then it wouldn't accept my old files from previous Visio. Worked with Microsoft for 6 hours on this one. It turns out that Visio 2007 does NOT follow the file naming convention for Windows Files........ Had to change the names of all my old files before it would accept.

Pretty Good.:
Installed the software on my XP laptop. Worked greated. Love the simplicity of it.