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Visio 5.0 Family
Product Comparison

Visio
Standard 5.0
Visio Professional 5.0 Visio Technical 5.0
Position in 5.0 family Baseline product Superset of Standard 5.0 Superset of Standard 5.0
Target Users General business, ic. HR, finance, sales & marketing, admin. IT managers, network administrators, software designers, database consultants Engineers, drafters, facilities managers, documentation specialists
SmartShape Symbols
Flowcharts Yes Yes Yes
Organization charts Yes Yes Yes
Project timelines Yes Yes Yes
Block diagrams Yes Yes Yes
Geographic and directional maps Yes Yes Yes
Marketing shapes Yes Yes Yes
Basic network diagrams Yes Yes Yes
TQM diagrams Yes Yes Yes
Office layouts Yes Yes Yes
Network design and documentations Yes
Internet design Yes
Database design Yes
Software design/visual modeling Yes
Space planning and facilities management Yes
Industrial and building controls/automation management Yes
Home and landscape planning Yes
HVAC design Yes
Fluid power Yes
Electrical and electronic engineering Yes
Process plant design Yes
Manufacturing and assembly drawings Yes
Mechanical engineering Yes
Wizards & add-ons
Org Chart Wizard Yes Yes Yes
Project Timeline Wizard Yes Yes Yes
Page Layout Wizard Yes Yes Yes
SmartShape Wizard Yes Yes Yes
Flowchart Wizard Yes Yes Yes
Database Connectivity Wizard (ODBC) Yes Yes Yes
Property Reporting Wizard Yes Yes Yes
Network Diagram Wizard Yes
Network Database Wizard Yes
Create Database Wizard Yes
Map Database Wizard Yes
Web Diagram Wizard Yes
Flowchart Database Wizard Yes
Area Analysistool Yes
Netlist generator for electrical schematics Yes
Valve Builder tool Yes
AutoCAD converter Yes
Customization & interoperability features
Built-in Visual Basic, Applications Edition (VBA) Yes Yes Yes
ODMA support Yes WB01062_.GIF (249 bytes) WB01062_.GIF (249 bytes)
Import/Export Microsoft Project files Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Repository support Yes
Developing Visio Solutions documentation PDF on CD-ROM Book included in  box Book included in  box

 

 
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