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Microsoft Visio and Amazing Visio
Terms
Information on this page describes Microsoft Visio and Amazing Visio terms
in an easy to understand manner. Amazing Visio terms are explicitly specified.
Other related terms (such as OLE) are also included.
 Connector:
One-dimensional shape that connects two shapes, for example these connectors with arrows:
Custom Properties:
Properties for a shape that you can define to hold specific information, for example
Product, Model, and Price. To add or edit custom properties to a shape: Click your
right mouse button on a shape, choose menu item Shape and then Custom Properties...
CSS (Cascade Style Sheet):
The syntax file to define the display nature of a Web page. For example "a:link
{color:#3E8EE7;text-decoration:none}" defines the color of hyperlinks.
Item: An Easy Link term to
describe a visual object. It can be a Page, Shape (including both 1-D and 2-D
shapes, such as a connector or a circle), or Guide. A Current Item
is the one you have clicked to show the main
window or the one you are currently working with.
Hyperlink: A link
between 2 files. For example www.AmazingVisio.com that links to the main page of the
site, or ../MyPath/MyDrawing.vsd that links to a Visio drawing.
OLE (Object Linking and
Embedding): The technology to link to or embed one type of document (such as a Visio
drawing) in another type (such as a Word document). The benefits: 1) To show
different types of documents as one; 2) For a linked object, to automatically update
the display when the source document has changed.
A linked file stays as an independent file. Modifications to the
linked file will be automatically picked up by the destination document.
An embedded file, on the other hand, becomes part of the destination
document. You have to manually delete it and put in a new one or edit the embedded
file directly to update it.
PNG: A picture format that
features high quality and small size. Please click here for details.
Amazing Visio uses the PNG library produced by the open-source project -
FreeImage. Please click
here for more information.
Scope: An Easy Link term to describe where a
Link / Bookmark, Item or file belongs to. Please click here for details.
Shape And Master: Click here
Shape Geometry: The
boundaries of a shape
ShapeSheet: A data
storage for an Item. It contains all the information about an
Item and is critical for your drawing to show (such as the location and color) and behave
(such as to respond to a mouse click) properly. To view the ShapeSheet, click a
Shape or Page, choose menu item Window and then Show ShapeSheet.
Shortcut Menu: The
menu that shows when you click your right mouse button on an Item.
Stencil: Click here
Template: Click
here
W3C: The World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) establishes and recommends specifications, standards and guidelines for
the entire Web community. Please click
here to visit the Web site.
Windows Registry:
The centralized repository about your computer - such as hardware, software, and network
connection. For example, there is a piece of information in the registry that tells
Visio to open a drawing file when you double click the file name on the Desktop.
To see what it looks like:
Warning -
High Risk!!! |
| Changing information in the Windows Registry may disable your hardware /
software or even make your Windows unusable. Therefore DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING unless
you are a computer expert and know the registry in depth. SoftApproach Corp. cannot
guarantee that problems that result from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be
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- Click the Start button at the lower left corner of your Windows.
- Choose Run.
- Type in regedit and then click the OK button.
- Again, DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. Simply close the Registry Editor when you are done.
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