Ibelite.com As previously reported a few days ago, Microsoft has just released Visio 2002 Service Release 1. Microsoft Visio® Professional 2002 Service Release 1 (SR-1) Update is a planned service release providing the latest product updates to Visio Professional 2002. Updates include Microsoft SharePoint? Portal Server integration, Hebrew composition support, and ClearType® control, as well as several security fixes.

New features in Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Release 1: Save files to and load files from SharePoint Portal servers (SPS) from within Visio using My Network Places.

Utilize all the SPS client extension features in Web Folders without installing any software other than Visio.

Check documents in and out of Enhanced folders directly from Visio (File/Check In and File/Check Out).

Be prompted to check out documents that are available for check-out automatically when opening them in Visio.

Be prompted to check in documents that you have edited when closing them in Visio.

See the normal (non-version-specific) name of a document in the title bar and most-recently-used list in Visio.

Access document profile forms directly from Visio by selecting File/Properties (e.g. category support).

Search SPS workspaces directly from within Visio using the new Search Pane, and get back the same results you would get using the SPS workspace portal.

Download: Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard SR1

Download: Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional SR1

At this time only the english version of Visio 2002 SR1 is available. International versions will be released in the next few weeks.