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Subject: Re: Visio woes
From: John Allred <john2 -at- allrednet -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 17:37:22 -0600

Ken,

Although there are some minor differences, you can gain comparable experience with LucidChart, as well as make some samples for your resume, if that's a need.

LucidChart has a free version, though you do have to create an account. The major differences I found were that LC is a little clunkier to use and subject to network slow downs, being a web-based app, but it had a more robust system of templates. The functions are really similar.

I got one of those freebie downloads of Visio back in the early 90s and milked it for years. I think MS would do better to throw Visio in with other apps or even to make it free, but that's their call.

John


On 12/20/2019 12:42 PM, Emoto wrote:

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 1:15 PM Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net> wrote:
Group,
Several job recruiters I've heard from lately say their clients want someone with Microsoft Visio experience. Unfortunately, my last employer (where I was for 9 and 1/2 years) was China-based and extremely "frugal" (major cheap), and refused to fund updates to our software tools and even learn new ones. For example, while the rest of the FrameMaker community was already in the mid-teens version, we remained with FrameMaker 10 (which did work, but still . . . ).
I had dabbled with a trial version of MS Visio some years ago on my own, but now I can't find any trial versions available unless you buy a suite of stuff from MS. I told one recruiter I'd be glad to download the open office version of Visio, but nope, their client wanted experience with the real thing.
Am I SOL or does anyone have an extra legitimate copy they no longer need?
-- Ken in Atlanta
Ken,

I am not suggesting that you "embellish" your resume, but if you have
played around with it, even though a trial version, you can honestly
state that you have "some experience with it but are not a power
user". Ask to see the kind of diagram they would expect you to create,
if possible. Visio can be a little fiddly but isn't very hard to pick
up.

Bob
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