Microsoft Visio
80 To
reveal the subordinates again, right-click the manager shape, go to the Subordinates menu
and click Show Subordinates. Microsoft Visio
81 Although you can manually create the org chart using
different shapes in the Shapes pane,
Visio also provides an automated way of importing information about your organization from an external source. In this chapter, we will look into importing data from information in an Excel spreadsheet.
Creating Information in an Excel Spreadsheet Create an Excel spreadsheet or use an existing one containing some of the important information in the header row that goes into creating an org chart. Important information includes Employee, Title, Manager and Department.
The Employee and Manager
fields are mandatory and the others are optional. Additionally, you can also include afield called the Master_Shape, which indicates the exact shape to be used fora particular employee.
Note that the name, Master_Shape field needs to be used as is for Visio to designate a specific shape to the employee.
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