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As an ambi-OS user, I made the switch from Visio to Omnigraffle rather
seamlessly. Here are some things I found:
1) Visio files can be embedded into Office docs as objects. Omnigraffle
docs cannot. I found that exporting the Omnigraffle as a PDF and
linking/embedding that into the Mac:Word document worked the best.
2) Visio provides a powerful programming language for dynamic graphics and
data visualization.
3) Omnigraffle objects are easier to manipulate than Visio. If you know how
to do things in Visio, Omnigraffle is a piece of cake.
-Tony
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>wrote:
> Hello, WR-L-ers,
>
> I’m on my way to Mac & PC bilingual fluency (!), and learning OmniGraffle
> now. I’m a reasonably accomplished Visio user – templates, stencils, and a
> bit of use of the ShapeSheet – and I’d love to find an OmniGraffle
> QuickStart for Visio Users’ guide. Any suggestions?
>
> -Monique
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