<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">(To comment on this message, please visit the webpub blog at <A href="https://webpub.mit.edu/?p=26">https://webpub.mit.edu/?p=26</A></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">If you'd like to inform our group of a web publishing idea or trend, email it to <A href="mailto:webpub@mit.edu">webpub@mit.edu</A>)</FONT></DIV><H2 style="text-align: left;"><A href="https://webpub.mit.edu/?p=26" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: Stencils for Omnigraffle and Visio"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Stencils for Omnigraffle and Visio</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></H2><DIV class="entry" style="text-align: left;"><P style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">As a mac addict, I use </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Omnigraffle</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> for building Information Architecture maps for my clients. use OmniGraffle Pro to develop site maps. Its a mac only product, but if you download the Pro version, you can save files as visio files for your pc users. You can download the trial version, and whenever you need to use it go back to their site to get a 24hr free license.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Here’s the url to </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/download/"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">download the trial version</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">, and here’s the url to </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="https://store.omnigroup.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/OnlineStore.woa/1/wa/trial?product=1b4f62ab3e65734bc697a13a&wosid=Cv1rWVswfsGP3D6yLL1YoBxVuqk"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">get a 24hr license</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">While it doesn’t do everything I’d like it to do, it does get the job done. One of the cool things about it is that I can make my own stencils and reuse them over and over again. If you don’t want to make your own, there are some </FONT></FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/extras/"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">free stencils</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> on the Omnigraffle site. Recently my colleague Jeff came across some really great ones. The links below provide IA and wireframe stencils for both Visio and Omnigraffle. Take a look.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="text-align: auto;"><A href="http://v1.garrettdimon.com/resources/templates-stencils-for-visio-omnigraffle"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Omnigraffle Stencils via v1.garrettdimon.com</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></P><P style="text-align: auto;"><A href="http://sentra.ischool.utexas.edu/~i385e/blog/2006/09/28/templates-stencils-for-visio-omnigraffle/"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 12px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Omnigraffle and Visio Stencils via University of Texas</FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></P><P style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><BR style=""></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P><P style="text-align: auto;"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">(Thanks, Jeff!)</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><BR></FONT></FONT></SPAN><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; -khtml-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -khtml-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Lisa C. 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