Visio – ‘You are attempting to open a file type (Visio 2000-2003)’
Nov17

Visio – ‘You are attempting to open a file type (Visio 2000-2003)’

KB ID 0000920  Problem I needed to do a quick network diagram for a client, as as soon I tried to open some networking stencils, this happened; You are attempting to open a file type (Visio 2000-2002 Binary Drawings, Templates and Stencils) that has been blocked by your File Block settings in the Trust Center. Click the File tab. Click Options. Click Trust Center, and then click Trust Center Settings. In the Trust Center, click File...

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Cisco Symbols (3D) Visio  Stencils
Nov17

Cisco Symbols (3D) Visio Stencils

KB ID 0001041  Problem I have to do a LOT of network drawings in Visio, and the standard Cisco Visio templates look a bit dated now. So how about some that look a little bit more professional? I used to use the Cisco Packet Icons library, but that meant cutting them out of Powerpoint all the time. Solution These are all part of the Cisco Validated Design Library, I don’t know why I never found them before. Cisco Validated Design...

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Photoshop – Drawing box’s
Nov17

Photoshop – Drawing box’s

KB ID 0000203 Problem For the site I do a lot of screen shots / screen dumps for illustration purposes its good to be able to highlight thinks by being able to draw a box around them. Usually I do this with mspaint, but I finally got tired of doing half the tasks in mspaint and the rest in Photoshop, so I worked out how to do it properly. Solution 1. Assuming you have you graphic already open, create a new Layer. 2. Click the...

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