Microsoft has just released Visio 2002 Service Release 1. Microsoft Visio® Professional 2002 Service Release 1 (SR-1) Update is a planned service release providing the latest product updates to Visio Professional 2002. Updates include Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server integration, Hebrew composition support, and ClearType® control, as well as several security fixes. The new features brought by Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Release 1 are listed below:
- Save files to and load files from SharePoint Portal servers (SPS) from within Visio using My Network Places
- Utilize all the SPS client extension features in Web Folders without installing any software other than Visio
- Check documents in and out of Enhanced folders directly from Visio (File/Check In and File/Check Out)
- Be prompted to check out documents that are available for check-out automatically when opening them in Visio
- Be prompted to check in documents that you have edited when closing them in Visio
- See the normal (non-version-specific) name of a document in the title bar and most-recently-used list in Visio
- See the normal (non-version-specific) name of a document in the title bar and most-recently-used list in Visio
- Access document profile forms directly from Visio by selecting File/Properties (e.g. category support)
- Search SPS workspaces directly from within Visio using the new Search Pane, and get back the same results you would get using the SPS workspace portal
Note: At this time only the english version of Visio 2002 SR1 is available. International versions will be released in the next few weeks