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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

You're reading from   Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016 Master the art of presenting information visually using Microsoft Visio Professional 2016 and Visio Pro for Office365

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785882661
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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John Marshall John Marshall
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Preface 1. Data within Visio Essentials FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding How Data Is Stored within Visio 3. Linking Data to Shapes 4. Using the Built-In Data Graphics 5. Using the Pivot Diagram Add-On 6. Creating Custom Master Shapes 7. Creating Custom Data Graphics 8. Validating and Extracting Information 9. Automating Structured Diagrams 10. Sharing Data Diagrams 11. Choosing a Deployment Methodology Index

Understanding the Graphic Item types


A Data Graphics is a collection of graphic items with specific configurations. The graphic items are each one of four types, Text Callout, Icon Set, Data Bar, or Color By Value. There can be multiple instances of the first three types simultaneously, but there can be only one active Color By Value.

Using Text Callouts

Visio 2016 introduced some new Text Callouts that include an icon along with the text. This has caused a new setting to be added called Show Value, which gives the option to make the text value invisible. There are a number of these new styles available, as seen in the following screenshot:

There are a number of configuration settings available for Text Callouts; they are listed in the following table:

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Show Value

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