Final Results and Overall Mark

Well we have reached the end of the review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional.

Final Comments

How It Grades
		Installation: 90% Features: 90% Performance: 80% Diagrams: 95% Web/Network cartography: 85% Ease of Use: 85% Help: 80% Overall: 86.4%

It’s clear that Microsoft Visio 2002 is a winner! The latest version of Microsoft’s diagramming solution sets the bar very high letting users build more visually impacting diagrams. The software is more integrated with the rest of the Microsoft Office XP suite while being more available and more maintainable than before. Microsoft managed to add an infinite number of new features to make the already outstanding Visio program even more complete, powerful and yet easier to use. Many of these new enhancements were designed to answer the needs of various users exercising specific functions (from engineers to architects and IT specialists) proving Microsoft really listened to its customer base in order to release a new version of its flagship diagramming software. Visio 2002 remains quite heavy and maybe complex to approach, but the new help system along with the strict respect of the Microsoft Office & Windows interface guidelines ensures better handling of the software by novice users. Productivity has been clearly enhanced so users can create diagrams with just a few mouse clicks. Microsoft Visio 2002 has to date no real equivalent on the market and is to our eyes the ultimate, most complete, feature-rich, excellent diagram solution available today.

Links of Interest

Microsoft Office XP Professional with FrontPage Review
Microsoft MapPoint 2002 Review