Struggling with Visio?

While Visio is an excellent tool for diagramming, and can be used to create small organization charts, it is not an effective solution for charting larger charts or creating charts automatically.

Challenges to Using Visio While data can be imported, there are very limited configuration options and a satisfactory layout is unlikely for all but the most simple and small charts. There is no way to automate the import and chart generation process. Visio is not very flexible in handling variable data in a data source. For example, Visio failed to import data that contained duplicate records. Importing from large data sources takes a considerable amount of time or is not possible.

• Satisfactory formatting of a chart requires significant manual effort. Chart elements are allowed to flow off a page, and lines often cross each other. Visio does not automatically resolve these issues.
• There is no way to automatically publish Visio charts to Word or PowerPoint, and while publishing to PowerPoint or to a Visio viewer is possible, the options are limited.
• Visio will automatically create sub-charts during the import process, but with very limited options. There is no way to automatically reconnect subcharts to the master chart.
• Box layout and design is severely limited and difficult to use.

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