How do I exclude departments in cross functional flowcharts

[pf.mcguigan]

I am evaluating Visio, having tried iGrafx Process before. I need to produce
cross functional flowcharts that depict a process box overlapping several
departments. On some occasions I need to exclude a department in the middle
of a group of 3 or 4. Igrafx Process used a dotted line to represent this.
How is this done in Visio?

 

[pf.mcguigan]

In Igrafx Process right-clicking on a shape allowed you to choose a "exclude
department" option which then created dotted lines on the shape to represent
that band to be excluded and solid lines for the remainder of the shape. Can
this be reproduced in Visio e.g. using the customised shapesheets? Has anyone
got experience of how to do this?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I'm not aware of a way to do this. You probably have to draw this as
multiple boxes.

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Microsoft Corporation

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[pf.mcguigan]

Thanks, Mark. I feared this was the case. Hope this functionality is on the
list for the next revision of Visio.

Regards, Paul

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I have not seen this type of request before, although it makes perfect sense
to do. We will keep this feature in mind going forward. However, the
upcoming Visio 2007 product will not have such a capability. Thanks.

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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