Visio® 2007 Bible

About the Author

Bonnie Biafore is a project management consultant, although her career as an author often assigns her one of her toughest tasks—managing herself. Bonnie writes about personal finance, investing, project management, and the technology that makes these endeavors easier to deal with. As an engineer, she's steadfastly—sometimes excruciatingly—attentive to detail. Fortunately, for her readers, she demystifies complex topics and occasionally transforms sleep-inducing material into educational entertainment. Her books, including the NAIC Stock Selection Handbook, QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual, and On Time! On Track! On Target! have won awards from organizations such as the Society of Technical Communication and APEX Awards for Publication Excellence.

Her education and work experience make her the ideal author for this Visio book. With a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Science in Structural Engineering, she is well versed in using Visio for architecture and engineering and integrating it with CAD applications. As a project manager and consultant, she constantly applies Visio to office productivity problems. As a software project manager and application developer, she has also used Visio to document databases, software systems, and networks. The engineer in her is fascinated with both the simplicity and power of Visio and she enjoys experimenting with its customization and automation features.

When not chained to her computer, she hikes in the mountains ...