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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Changing Shape Data Attributes |
| The semicolon at the very beginning of the list causes a null (blank) entry to appear at the top of the list. If you do not include a null entry, the user will not be able to leave the field blank after he or she has clicked something in the list. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Viewing Shape Data Attributes |
| The Define Shape Data dialog box looks like one of the following two samples. The one on the left appears for most Visio users. The one on the right appears if you are running Visio in developer mode, and offers several additional options. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Editing Shape Data |
| As a simple example, you cannot enter text into a number or currency field. Similarly, Visio prevents you from entering anything other than a number and one of the five valid time unit abbreviations in a duration field. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Viewing Shape Data |
| If the Shape Data window is already open when you right-click a shape, click Data, and then click Shape Data, Visio will close it. This may not be what you expect, especially if you didn’t notice that the window was already open and can’t figure out why it didn’t appear. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Setting Theme Options |
| If you want to copy a theme from one Visio drawing to another, merely copy a shape containing the theme from the first drawing and paste it into the second one. You can then delete the shape—the theme will remain behind. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Customizing Themes |
| It’s a subtle effect, but when you select or create a theme color set, the colors on the Colors button in the Themes group on the Design tab change to reflect your choice. |
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| Visual Studio 2010 : Deploying Web Applications |
| Deploying Web applications is more complicated than deploying Windows applications. One key difference is what occurs during the build process. Windows applications are compiled into assemblies. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Applying Themes to Your Diagrams (part 2) |
| Now that you know the basics of applying a theme, you are ready to explore more sophisticated ways to use themes to differentiate among various shapes on a page. The exercise in this section will walk you through one technique for applying different colors to different shapes. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Turning Off the Grid |
| For the majority of Visio users, the background grid is invaluable for aligning and positioning shapes on the page. However, just because it’s vital for creating and editing Visio drawings, don’t assume that people looking at your drawings also need to see it. |
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| Microsoft Excel 2010 : Saving and Managing a Chart Template |
| A chart template file (.crtx) saves all the customization you made to a chart for use in other workbooks. You can save any chart in a workbook as a chart template file and use it to form the basis of your next workbook chart, which is useful for standard company financial reporting. |
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| Visual Basic 2010 : Importing and Using COM Objects |
| The .NET Framework 4.0, like previous versions, offers support for interoperability with the COM architecture via an engine named Runtime Callable Wrapper, which is the infrastructure that provides a communication bridge between .NET and COM. |
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| Microsoft Visio 2010 : Aligning and Spacing Shapes |
| In this exercise, you will work with several valuable Visio tools that align and distribute shapes on the drawing page. After creating a collection of randomly placed shapes, you will rearrange them into neat rows and columns without dragging a single shape. |
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