Does anyone know if this template (and others missing) can be downloaded and installed in Visio 2010 Can you explain how this can be done.

I found this article to be very helpful: support.office.comen-usarticle.

Mine are under ProgramFilesMicrosoft OfficeOffice14Visio Content.

C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16Visio Content1033DBCROWM.VSTX.

C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice16Visio Content1031DBCROWM.VSTX.

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For example, Visio has a Tree control (used to create the left navigation in Figure 5) but it takes forever to create as you need to add each item manually.

Still, occasionally I have the need to do some sketching and drawing with a customer, for example when designing a web interface or when working on use case documents.

While paper and pencil often work fine, they lack durability.

Additionally, the result is hard to share, especially with digital clients or clients in a different country.

Wireframe Shapes Visio 2010 Software Design Tools

Over the years, Ive been working with a number of software design tools to aid me in this process.

Wireframe Shapes Visio 2010 Series Outlining A

Since I get asked which tools I use every now and then, I decided to write a short blog series outlining a number of these tools, including Balsamiq Mockups, Axure RP Pro, Microsoft Visio with the GUUUI Sketchy GUI Shapes stencil, Pencil, and Microsofts Sketchflow.

Youll find a screen shot of the existing Management section at the end of this article.

Its an advanced diagramming tool that enables you to create a wide range of diagrams, including (but certainly not limited to).

However when Office 2007 was released, Visio didnt get the new Ribbon bar interface.

That has now been corrected in the 2010 release, giving Microsoft Office Visio 2010 the familiar Office look, shown in Figure 1 (click for a larger version).

The options you choose here mostly determine the different kind of stencils - a collection of controls and other UI elements that are specific to the diagramming type- that are loaded by default.

Once youve chosen a diagram type, you can load stencils from other types by clicking More Shapes shown in Figure 1.

This pops up a menu that lets you choose from preloaded shapes and gives you an option to load new ones.

Below the More Shapes item you see a number of other stencils that are loaded with the Wireframe diagram including the open Dialogs stencil that shows a number of dialog related shapes.

The Wireframe Diagram is designed to create medium-fidelity diagrams for software application prototyping and design.

Being medium, it lacks the high detail that Axure gives you and at the same time doesnt give you that sketchy look that Balsamiq has.

You can find the shapes and a detailed article about using them from the article Visio - the interaction designers nail gun (3rd edition).

Once you have the stencils installed you get a stencil looking like this (click for a larger version).

For example, in Figure 3 you see a part of the final screen with the main tabs.

Part of that is caused by the Sketchy GUI Shapes that make working with the shapes on the design surface pretty difficult.

Especially when items are grouped or very close to each other, they are very hard to select.

I sometimes needed 17 clicks to select something which normally takes only a single click.

Clearly, thats pretty frustrating, so I think Microsoft Visio with the Sketchy GUI Shapes is this weeks number one in the list of tools that made me swear and curse and smash my keyboard.

I think the problem is being caused by the Sketchy GUI Shapes as I never had problems like this when working with Visio in other types of diagrams or stencils.

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