Visio is a part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications that is designed for making complex diagrams, such as flow charts or in the context of Information Architecture wireframes for planning the structure of a website. It uses vector graphics which means that any diagrams created should be scalable without any loss of quality, perfect for giving presentations, for example, which gives it an advantage over using other graphics software such as Adobe Photoshop or Fireworks, and has many more specific functions. One of the main advantages of using Visio as opposed to other diagramming software is that is shares a common interface with the other applications in the Microsoft Office Suite, and therefore much less of a learning curve is required to start using the software, if one is familiar with Office, which is generally the case, given the suite's ubiquity within most organisations. This is a major advantage where collaboration is essential, for example, where an Information Architect must share receive input from clients, designers, creaters of content to be placed on the site and so on, since it really only requires that a version of Office that includes Visio is installed, rather than specialised software that the other contributors wouldn't neccessarily need. Other important features that are of use to the Information Architect are the project planning elements, meaning timelines and dates for implementation for features planned in the wireframes are integrated neatly into the project. Visio will also aid the analysis of existing sites, by listing links and identifying broken ones, and identifying changes in the site since it was last diagrammed by Visio. Visio also aids with databases, in that it can reverse engineer a database and diagram a model of the database, thus aiding two important elements in Information Architecture, structure of information on a website and structure of information within a database 2 List 10 categoryof drawing type in Visio. 1) Getting Started 2) Samples 3) Business 4) Engineering 5) Flow Chart 6) General 7) Maps and Floor Plans 8) Network 9) Schedule 10) Network And Database
3. Get familiar with the Visio Interface . Describe A, B, C, and D
A. The picture above show all the function of Visio like example if you want to insert something just click Insert. B. The picture above show the list of shape you want to put in the software of Visio. C. The picture above show the area of paper where you want to put the Visio drawing. D. The picture above show you help how to use the software Visio.
3. Conclusion The conclusion that I learnt when I do this job sheet is I know to use drawing in Visio. I also can present with words and picture.With that, I know how to use Software Visio without any problems.i know how to using flowchart like drawing. On the same time , I can drawing anything like a plan for computer.