Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Step by Step

Chapter 4. Connecting Shapes

In this chapter you will learn to:

• Connecting Shapes in Flowcharts

• Modifying Shape Connections

• Changing the Layout of Connected Shapes

Many types of Microsoft Office Visio diagrams depict related ideas, relationships, or sequences by showing shapes that are connected with lines. For example, a flowchart shows each of the steps in a process as a series of shapes connected by lines. Organization charts show employee relationships as a hierarchy of shapes connected by lines. Network diagrams use lines to show equipment connected to hubs. Visio makes it easy to connect the shapes in these diagrams by using connectors —1-D shapes (usually lines or arrows) that connect 2-D shapes, such as the process shapes in a flowchart. If ...