Compatible with Previous Versions Unequalled Solutions Platform Total Cost of Ownership Richer Internet Support Richer Internet support allows a user to instantly publish business diagrams and technical diagrams in a variety of Web-ready formats and embed hyperlinks to relevant external information. SmartShapes symbols can now be hyperlinked to multiple files, including other pages, drawings and Web sites - even to specific shapes or locations. The hyperlinks appear on the right-click shortcut menu. When one shape is linked to another shape in a different drawing, Visio 2000 automatically opens that drawing and zooms to the appropriate level selected for the shape. For example, one might hyperlink from a shape representing a person in an organization chart to the office location for that person in a floor plan.
Shapes can have more than one hyperlink, which appear on the right-click shortcut menu.
Drawings can be published and shared easily on the Web, on the corporate intranet or via e-mail. VML is also supported by Microsoft Word 2000 and other Office 2000 programs. With VML support, users can pan, zoom and navigate through multiple-page drawings in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 browser with no additional software. VML-based graphics download much more quickly than conventional raster Web graphics, such as GIF and JPEG images. All rights reserved.