Sunday, November 7, 2021

Overview of visio for the web

Visio helps you draw diagrams that communicate complex information at a glance. 

Visio is available in two forms, depending on which plan you have:

Description

Available in which plan*?

Get it

The full-featured Windows-based app

Plan 2

 
See the instructions in Install Visio

A simpler, browser-based app you can use on Windows or macOS; no download necessary

Plan 2

Plan 1

Visio in Microsoft 365

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Click each tab below to get a visual overview of creating and editing a diagram in Visio for the web.

To see this home page, sign in at office.com with your work or school account.

The home page about Visio for the web.

More templates

When you select More templates, you are taken to a new page which shows many templates and starter diagrams that you can browse through or search.

Browse or search for templates and sample diagrams on the Visio landing page.

(If you have a Government Community Cloud subscription, the Search for diagrams option pictured above near the upper left isn't available. However, you can still browse the page or use your web browser's Search tool to look for a template or sample by name.)

Page layout overview
Shape Set overview
Overview of the ribbon
Backstage overview.

Each diagram has several real-world samples to help you quickly get started. Check back from time to time, as diagrams are continuously added based on your feedback!

Diagram

Description

Basic diagram.

Basic Diagram

Contains basic geometric shapes, arrow shapes, decorative shapes, and graph shapes for making a general diagram.

Basic Flowchart diagram.

Basic Flowchart

Contains flowcharts, top-down diagrams, information tracking diagrams, process planning diagrams, and structure prediction diagrams. Contains connectors and links.

Cross-functional Flowchart.

Cross-Functional Flowchart

Shows the relationship between a business process and the organizational or functional units, such as departments, that are responsible for steps in that process. 

Azure diagram.

Azure

Represents features of systems that use the Microsoft Azure cloud platform and its related technologies.

UML diagram.

UML

Represents a software system or model, such as the messages that pass between participants and objects in a system, or the interactions of users or components with a system.

Icon of the Network Diagram

Network

Create detailed physical, logical, and network architecture diagrams, using a comprehensive set of network and computer equipment shapes.

Software Development Lifecycle diagram

SDL

Contains object-oriented diagrams for communications and telecommunications systems and networks, using the Specification and Description Language (SDL). Based on CCITT specifications.

Block diagram.

Block

Contains 2-D and 3-D shapes and directional lines for feedback loops and annotated functional decomposition, data structure, hierarchical, signal flow, and data flow block diagrams.

Process Steps diagram

Process

Contains "process steps" shapes to illustrate sequence of steps involved in a process or a procedure. Represents business flow, information flow, material flow, vertical or horizontal lists. Contains arrows to show the direction and captions.

Business Matrix diagram.

Business Matrix

Contains business matrix diagrams that show relationships between concepts across two or more dimensions and includes: 2x2 and 3x3 matrixes, SWOT analysis, Ansoff matrix, BCG matrix, position maps, and Quadrant analysis diagrams.

Venn diagram

Venn

Uses overlapping shapes to depict possible logical relationships between two or more sets to organize information, show associations, similarities, unions, intersections, differences, containments, and complements.

Cycle Diagram

Cycle

Represents a sequence of stages, tasks, or events in a circular flow. Contains circular, radial, target, circular segments, pie segments, loops and other cyclic diagram shapes.

Pyramid Diagram

Pyramid

Uses triangular, pyramidal or conical shapes to show proportional, interconnected, and hierarchical relationships.

See Also

Visio for the web help

Beginner tutorial for Visio

Use Visio on a Mac

Compare Visio versions and features

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