The Visio for the web landing page lets you browse and search rich templates and sample diagrams to help you design compelling and professional-looking diagrams to represent your intent visually. You can also see your recently accessed Visio files to resume editing your diagram.
In this blog post, we discuss various ways to access the Visio for the web landing page and other ways to quickly create new Visio diagrams.
Note: To create and edit a diagram in Visio for the web, you need to have a subscription for Visio Plan 1 or Plan 2. For more information, see https://products.office.com/en-US/visio/microsoft-visio-plans-and-pricing-compare-visio-options.
Using office.com
The http://www.office.com/ portal is the fastest and easiest way to get started with the Visio for the web create and edit experience. The Office.com app gallery provides a Visio tile. Clicking that tile launches the landing page of Visio for the web. With the new http://www.office.com/ experience, if you can’t find the Visio tile in the gallery, click Show more apps to get access to Visio.
Also from http://www.office.com/ you can create a blank Visio diagram, by clicking New and Visio drawing, and this file is created in your OneDrive for Business by default.
Using the Office 365 app launcher (also called the “waffle”)
You can switch to Visio for the web from Office.com (or other Office 365 web apps and services for which you have a license) after clicking the app launcher (or “waffle”) icon in the top menu. If the Visio tile is not shown, click All apps to get to the Visio for the web landing page.
Using visio.office.com
It’s easy to forget or lose sight of stuff that you discover on the internet, so it’s important that you have a simple URL that you can remember or bookmark in your browser. Visio for the web can be easily accessed through the http://visio.office.com/ URL which takes you to the landing page after you sign-in to your Office 365 account.
Creating a new Visio drawing
From your Sharepoint or OneDrive for Business document library, you can create a blank Visio diagram with the New menu. With one click on Visio drawing, a Visio diagram file is created in the document library and the Visio app launches for creating and editing so you can start the diagramming process.
Opening an existing Visio drawing for editing
From your SharePoint or OneDrive for Business document library, you can open a Visio drawing, which will launch the Visio web app in view mode. From here click on Open diagram in the menu and click on Edit in browser to start editing the Visio diagram.
Using the Visio product page
To learn more about Visio for the web, you can visit the https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/visio/flowchart-software. From this page, click Sign in > to launch the Visio landing page after you sign-in to your Office 365 account.
For additional information on the new Office.com app launcher, see https://blogs.office.com/2017/09/22/new-office-365-app-launcher-and-office-com-help-you-be-more-productive-on-the-web/. To learn more, see https://support.office.com/article/06f04845-91b8-4e8f-881f-a43c970735fc and https://support.office.com/article/991F80CE-FFED-4ADA-9B66-C51A114CDAAC. Thanks for reading.
