11. Developing Custom Visio Solutions

By now you can fully appreciate Visio’s breadth and depth. With stencils and templates you can quickly create innumerable types of diagrams. Intelligent-behaving SmartShapes let you draw more efficiently. Data-linking makes your creations more valuable. And add-on tools save you time and offer advanced functionality.

You’ve probably started to formulate ideas for your own custom diagram types. Maybe your company needs a special flavor of an existing template, or you are salivating at the idea of creating your own SmartShapes that will save you time.