1 Nov 2007
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Counting the number of objects in a Visio drawing is a very common need for proposals, submittals, and estimates. Visio provides a report add-on that performs this task in a very basic way. It's not easy to find in the Visio user interface: Select Tools > Add-On > Reports > Inventory It's not surprising that few Visio users even know about it. Inventory gives you a choice of creating a Visio shape with the report totals or three other output formats: Excel, HTML, XML. If your drawing changes, right click on the Inventory shape and select Update Report to synchronize it with the drawing.  As I said, it's pretty basic but you may find it valuable. Visimation is working on a new product called QuotePix that provides more useful features with considerably more flexibility. Check ShapeSource for an announcement soon. |
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