Microsoft Visio Standard 2002 Upgrade

A wealth of new features awaits, with Office XP integration high on the agenda. True, Visio always worked well with Office, but now you'll find XP menus, a new task pane, Auto-Recover, Office Search, and application error reporting added to the list. Note that it also uses Microsoft's new XP registration feature and will stop working after 10 goes if you haven't entered an activation code.

A Drawing Type Selector gets you off the starting block and lets you choose diagram styles ranging from building plans, Web site diagrams, and process engineering to databases, flow charts, and physical or logical network maps. Organizational charts are much improved and a wizard helps to create new charts or import existing information from TXT and XLS formats or ODBC-compliant data sources. The curved-wall tool makes creating building layouts more fun, and you can import and export drawings in standard CAD file formats. Pictures can also be imported directly from a scanner or camera.

If you're serious about your charts and diagrams, then Visio 2002 Standard has everything you could possibly need, while the new interface makes it even easier to use. --Dave Mitchell

Because Microsoft purchased the product, then bumped the price up by 100%, I'm forced only give it four stars due to the cost.
I bought the orginal program for under $50 when it first came out.


Excellent Product   May 9, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful

The bonehead above apparently can't read - it's an upgrade!!


Does not work with Visio 4.0   March 15, 2002
17 out of 25 found this review helpful

I was very disappointed in this product because I was unable to install it. The reason it does not work is that you must have Visio 5, but no where in the product description nor on the box does it tell you this. Furthermore, when asked about version 5 of Visio, Microsoft says they no longer have that version for sale. Before you buy this, make sure you have Visio 5 or you will end up paying shipping charges to send it back and still have to buy the full version.