Template last modified 25 February 2006

This is a very basic template and stencil for Visio wireframes. The stencil exists of a very basic set of shapes including title block, notes block, form elements, a label shape for identification purposes, an x'ed out block for graphics or areas where content is TBD, a greeked text block, text headings.

Visio 2003:

Download the shape library and template by right clicking the links below and saving to your PC.

• Angeles_wireframe_shapes.zip -- Save shape file in your ~/My Documents/My Shapes folder.
• Angeles_IA_Deliverables.zip -- Save template file in your ~/My Documents/My Templates folder.

Visio 2002:

Download the shape library and template by right clicking the links below and saving to your PC.

• Angeles_wireframe_shapes.zip -- Save shape file in your ~/My Documents/My Shapes folder.
• Angeles_IA_Deliverables.zip -- Save template file in your ~/My Documents/My Templates folder.

For user flows and site maps
I recommend Jesse James Garret's IA Stencils (Visio and EPS formats) and another nice shape set for wireframes is Peter Van Dijk's Visio IA layout shapes. For other Visio stencils, see the IAI tools page.

To share your drawings
If you wish to share drawings with people that don't have Visio, you have 2 options. What I do is export to PDF using Adobe Acrobat Professional. The other alternative is to use the free Visio Viewer application, which lets you view Visio drawings within MS IE. Get them here: Visio Viewer 2003 and Visio Viewer 2002.