Learn how to download and install Visio 2007 or later versions on your PC. You need a product key, a Microsoft account, and a compatible browser to complete the installation.

Compatibility Mode lets you open, edit, and save drawings from earlier versions, by turning off features of Visio that would cause problems in earlier versions. How to start Compatibility Mode Open a document that is in the earlier file format.

Visio has several tools to help you lay out shapes and connectors neatly and evenly. Align options make shapes line up straight. Position options make even spacing between shapes.

In the Format Shape pane, click Line and make the changes you want, such as changing the line width, color, kind of arrow, or type of line. Learn how to draw or change a line in Visio..

Download the latest version of Visio Viewer from the Microsoft Download Center. Notes: Visio Viewer 2016 can open Visio drawings (.vsd files) saved in Visio 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016. Visio Viewer 2016 can also open Visio XML drawings (.vdx files) saved in Visio 2002, 2003, and 2007.

When you open a drawing in Visio that was created in an older or newer version of Visio, you might see some problems with how the drawing looks and works. Compatibility mode helps with some of these problems, or you can save drawings in the older version’s format.

Visio in Microsoft 365. For a long time, Visio was only available to organizations as a separate purchase from Office. But now a lightweight, web-based version of Visio is available for free to Microsoft 365 business subscribers. It's called Visio in Microsoft 365.

If you want to install and use more than one version of Visio on the same computer, install the earliest version first. For example, if you want to use both Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 on the same computer, install Visio 2003 first.