Chapter 26. Managing Facilities with Space Plans

Because Microsoft Office Visio 2007 has the ability to integrate information with graphical symbols, it has the potential to streamline tasks where you need to see the big picture as well as track countless details. Planning office space, moving employees, and managing facilities are examples of this type of task. In Visio Professional 2007, a space plan provides both a visual representation of a facility and up-to-date information about its contents that you can use to locate an office or other space, a piece of equipment or other physical asset, or even a person.

This chapter explains how to use the Space Plan Startup Wizard or set up your own models of a facility by preparing an existing floor plan and importing or adding facilities data. Then the chapter describes all you need to know about formatting and working with your space plan.