Comments on: Visio and IA Tip - hide and show annotations http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations Information architecture, interaction design and much more Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:32:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Donna Spencer http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-4711 Donna Spencer Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:25:16 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-4711 Thanks Yaniv. I think I've fixed that. Thanks Yaniv. I think I’ve fixed that.

]]> By: Yaniv Nord http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-4701 Yaniv Nord Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:43:58 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-4701 Donna, First of all thanks for this Macro. It's exactly what I was looking for. To a tee. There is one very minor issue that folks should be aware of when trying to copy and paste the above item into visio: The quotation marks wrapping the string "annonation" are of the curly variety (sometimes called smartquotes), rather than straight. The macro will not run as intended unless you change the quotation marks to straight quotes in your VB editor. Thank you. Yaniv Nord Brooklyn, New York Donna,

First of all thanks for this Macro. It’s exactly what I was looking for. To a tee.

There is one very minor issue that folks should be aware of when trying to copy and paste the above item into visio: The quotation marks wrapping the string “annonation” are of the curly variety (sometimes called smartquotes), rather than straight. The macro will not run as intended unless you change the quotation marks to straight quotes in your VB editor.

Thank you.
Yaniv Nord
Brooklyn, New York

]]> By: Lori Caruso http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-618 Lori Caruso Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:20:02 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-618 I agree that Visio needs this functionality built in! Of COURSE, users want to hide them on every page, or show them on every page most often!!! LOL However, I've found a work-around that I'm quite happy with. It involves creating a PDF. Adobe Acrobat writer 8.0 allows you to maintain layers. Then, when you view the document in Acrobat reader 8.0, you can display a layers tab, much like the bookmarks tab. You can hide and show each layer throughout the document. It's very cool for using wireframes in review sessions with the client, and then hiding the notes layers for user assessments. It's also helpful for creating a layer to include drop-down components in the Visio, which you can turn on to show all of the drop-downs expanded at once. I agree that Visio needs this functionality built in! Of COURSE, users want to hide them on every page, or show them on every page most often!!! LOL

However, I’ve found a work-around that I’m quite happy with. It involves creating a PDF.
Adobe Acrobat writer 8.0 allows you to maintain layers. Then, when you view the document in Acrobat reader 8.0, you can display a layers tab, much like the bookmarks tab. You can hide and show each layer throughout the document. It’s very cool for using wireframes in review sessions with the client, and then hiding the notes layers for user assessments. It’s also helpful for creating a layer to include drop-down components in the Visio, which you can turn on to show all of the drop-downs expanded at once.

]]> By: Xander http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-617 Xander Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:21:00 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-617 Great macro! I've wanted to figure out how to do this for a while. Thanks! Great macro! I’ve wanted to figure out how to do this for a while. Thanks!

]]> By: Donna Maurer http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-616 Donna Maurer Tue, 09 May 2006 11:11:13 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-616 I'd do that in Excel - use the group feature to expand and collapse. I’d do that in Excel - use the group feature to expand and collapse.

]]> By: Rebecca http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-615 Rebecca Sun, 07 May 2006 02:00:08 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2006/visio-and-ia-tip-hide-and-show-annotations#comment-615 Hi Donna I have not used Visio yet, but am wondering if it would be useful for a project I am working on at the moment. I'm looking for an app you could use for a sitemap (tree style) that would keep an ID number, URL, and title for each page, for say 500 - 1200 pages. And with the ability to collapse / open nodes. Is this something you would expect to be able to do with Visio? Cheers :) Hi Donna

I have not used Visio yet, but am wondering if it would be useful for a project I am working on at the moment.

I’m looking for an app you could use for a sitemap (tree style) that would keep an ID number, URL, and title for each page, for say 500 - 1200 pages. And with the ability to collapse / open nodes.

Is this something you would expect to be able to do with Visio?

Cheers :)

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