<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
(	O
)	O
(	O
formerly	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Visio	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
diagramming	B-Application
and	O
vector	O
graphics	O
application	O
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
Shapeware	B-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
Visio	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lightweight	O
version	O
of	O
Visio	O
is	O
now	O
included	O
with	O
all	O
commercial	O
SKU	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
and	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
Visio	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
Plan	O
1	O
includes	O
the	O
Visio	O
web	O
app	O
whereas	O
Visio	O
Plan	O
2	O
provides	O
access	B-Application
to	O
both	O
the	O
web	O
app	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Desktop	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
diagram	O
types	O
such	O
as	O
Flowcharts	B-Language
,	O
Org	B-Application
Charts	I-Application
,	O
Floor	B-Application
Plans	I-Application
,	O
Network	O
Diagrams	B-Application
,	O
UML	B-Language
Diagrams	I-Language
,	O
Mind	O
maps	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Visio	O
also	O
has	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
diagrams	B-Application
from	O
Excel	B-Application
data	O
and	O
also	O
embed	O
Visio	O
diagrams	B-Application
in	O
Power	B-Application
BI	I-Application
dashboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Standard	O
and	O
Professional	O
editions	O
share	O
the	O
same	O
interface	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Professional	O
edition	O
has	O
additional	O
templates	O
for	O
more	O
advanced	O
diagrams	B-Application
and	O
layouts	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
capabilities	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easy	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
connect	O
their	O
diagrams	B-Application
to	O
data	O
sources	O
and	O
to	O
display	O
their	O
data	O
graphically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
Professional	O
is	O
also	O
offered	O
as	O
an	O
additional	O
component	O
of	O
an	O
Office365	B-Operating_System
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
22	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Visio	O
2016	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2016	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
such	O
as	O
one-step	O
connectivity	O
with	O
Excel	B-Application
data	O
,	O
information	O
rights	O
management	O
(	O
IRM	O
)	O
protection	O
for	O
Visio	O
files	O
,	O
modernized	O
shapes	O
for	O
office	O
layout	O
,	O
detailed	O
shapes	O
for	O
site	O
plans	O
,	O
updated	O
shapes	O
for	O
floor	B-Application
plans	I-Application
,	O
modern	O
shapes	O
for	O
home	O
plans	O
,	O
IEEE	O
compliant	O
shapes	O
for	O
electrical	O
diagrams	B-Application
,	O
new	O
range	O
of	O
starter	O
diagrams	B-Application
,	O
and	O
new	O
themes	O
for	O
the	O
Visio	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database	O
modeling	O
in	O
Visio	O
revolves	O
around	O
a	O
Database	B-General_Concept
Model	I-General_Concept
Diagram	O
(	O
DMD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
2010	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
VDX	B-Application
file	O
format	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
well-documented	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schema-based	O
(	O
"	O
DatadiagramML	O
"	O
)	O
format	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
uses	O
VSD	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
2013	O
drops	O
support	O
for	O
writing	O
VDX	B-Application
files	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
VSDX	O
and	O
VSDM	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
them	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
based	O
on	O
Open	O
Packaging	O
Conventions	O
(	O
OPC	O
)	O
standard	O
(	O
ISO	O
29500	O
,	O
Part	O
2	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
VSDX	O
or	O
VSDM	O
file	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
archived	O
inside	O
a	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
these	O
files	O
are	O
susceptible	O
to	O
macro	B-Application
virus	I-Application
infection	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
enforces	O
strict	O
security	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
VSD	O
files	O
use	O
LZW-like	O
lossless	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
,	O
VDX	B-Application
is	O
not	O
compressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hence	O
,	O
a	O
VDX	B-Application
file	O
typically	O
takes	O
up	O
3	O
to	O
5	O
times	O
more	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VSDX	O
and	O
VSDM	O
files	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
compression	O
as	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
files	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
also	O
supports	O
saving	O
files	O
in	O
SVG	O
files	O
,	O
other	O
diagramming	B-Application
files	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
product	O
produced	O
by	O
Shapeware	B-Application
Corporation	O
;	O
version	O
1.0	O
shipped	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pre-release	O
,	O
Version	O
0.92	O
,	O
was	O
distributed	O
free	O
on	O
a	O
floppy	O
disk	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
systems	O
readiness	O
evaluation	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Shapeware	B-Application
Corporation	O
changed	O
their	O
name	O
to	O
Visio	O
Corporation	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
market	O
recognition	O
and	O
related	O
product	O
equity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
Visio	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
re-branding	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
officially	O
included	O
in	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
bundled	O
Office	O
suites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
2002	O
Professional	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
Visio	O
Enterprise	O
Network	O
Tools	O
and	O
Visio	O
Network	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
Enterprise	O
Network	O
Tools	O
was	O
an	O
add-on	O
product	O
that	O
enabled	O
automated	O
network	O
and	O
directory	O
services	O
diagramming	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
a	O
patch	O
which	O
gave	O
Enterprise	O
Network	O
Tools	O
users	O
access	B-Application
to	O
the	O
network	O
equipment	O
shapes	O
via	O
Visio	O
's	O
built-in	O
Find	O
Shape	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	B-Application
2007	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
adopted	O
ribbons	O
in	O
its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
in	O
Visio	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
Access	B-Application
and	O
Outlook	B-Application
(	O
to	O
some	O
extents	O
)	O
had	O
already	O
adopted	O
the	O
ribbon	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
November	O
19	O
,	O
2012	O
:	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
2.0	I-Architecture
was	O
utilized	O
within	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
Visio	O
versions	O
7	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
or	O
9	O
,	O
because	O
after	O
Microsoft	O
acquired	O
and	O
branded	O
Visio	O
as	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
product	O
,	O
the	O
Visio	O
version	O
numbers	O
followed	O
the	O
Office	O
version	O
numbers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visio	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
growth	O
of	O
several	O
third-party	O
applications	O
which	O
can	O
open	O
and	O
edit	O
Visio	O
files	O
on	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
May	O
2001	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
Visio	O
Enterprise	O
Network	O
Tools	O
(	O
VENT	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
add-on	O
for	O
Visio	B-Application
2002	I-Application
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
1	O
July	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
Visio	O
Network	O
Center	O
,	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
web	O
service	O
for	O
IT	O
professionals	O
who	O
use	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
for	O
computer	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
diagramming	B-Application
.	O
</s>
