Visio Guy

I need some office 2007 icons shapes (Word, excel, outlook), does somebody know where I could find them?
Thanks

Hi filoup,

You can import images into Visio and use them as shapes. You could create shapes from these:


Which come from this article on Bill Morein's blog: New Office and Visio icons (http://blogs.msdn.com/wmorein/archive/2006/07/12/663616.aspx). Bill's blog has lots of cool Visio-related info, by the way.

Slightly better image resolution here:

If you're interested in turning the icons into a Visio 2007 Data Graphic Icon Set, then read this: Visio 2007: More on Customizing Data Graphic Items: Icon Sets (http://blogs.msdn.com/wmorein/archive/2006/07/14/665997.aspx)

Or just automate the process by using these tools:
Icon Set Builder Applet (http://visiotoolbox.com/IconSet.aspx)
Visio 2007 Icon Set Builder Web Application (http://visio.mslivelabs-int.com/)


You could also make a multi-shape out of the icons. Ie: one shape with options for choosing between all of the icons. Like this:

Read: Visio Film Strip Shapes: Hurray for Hollywood! (http://www.visguy.com/2007/09/25/visio-film-strip-shapes-hurray-for-hollywood/) to learn how to do this.

http://www.iconarchive.com/category/application/sketchcons-icons-by-iconfactory.html

lots of good icons