| If you haven't already checked out Visio 2010, you need to do it now. It has been years since Visio has had meaningful update, it felt like Visio was being punished for something it didn't do. Well Visio has been updated, and saying updated is certainly putting it lightly. While you will recognize the product and still know intuitively how to get started making incredible diagrams right away, you will also notice that the interface has been greatly enhanced. The first thing you will notice that new version inherits the new Windows 7 is here, and it makes it easier to find and work with your favorite applications. This post details the work we did in Visio 2010 to take advantage of new Windows 7 features, to make working with Visio documents even easier. Multiple Documents in Visio 2010 and the new Windows 7 TaskbarThe new Windows 7 taskbar presents a unified interface for launching and switching between applications and documents within them. With Windows 7 and Visio 2010, it is now easier to work with multiple Visio documents at the same time. We received lots of feedback on the Technical Preview asking for the ability to preview open Visio documents as multiple taskbar items. We listened, and now in the Visio 2010 Beta you can see previews of each Visio document directly from the taskbar, similar to Word and PowerPoint: 
By clicking on a thumbnail, you can switch directly to a specific Visio document. If you hover over a thumbnail, Windows shows you a full-size preview of what that window looks like, through a feature called Aero Peek. With Visio 2010 and Windows 7, working with multiple documents at the same time is simple. |