UML in Visio

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  http://www.tutorialspoint.com/uml/uml_activity_diagram.htm and http://www.tutorialspoint.com/images/uml_activity_diagram.jpg show off how UML should look.
  1. A black dot is the start of a process.
  2. A black dot with a circle around it is an end point for the process.
  3. A diamond is a decision. A question will be written before the inbound arrow, and the lines that lead out ultimately as other arrows to elsewhere will have a choice written at their heads.
  4. An oval is a stop along the trip to the destination.
  5. Arrows are drawn between the four items above.
• Centering copy in a terminator (oval) can keep it from bleeding out the side of the oval.
• For a Basic Flowchart Visio project use the Dynamic Connector to draw lines (with arrows at one end) between two shapes.
• Grab a green node on a oval to drag out its shape and make it fatter or thiner.
• I can't seem to make a Dynamic Connector arrow end midway into a another Dynamic Connector arrow in Visio, however if I just connect to where the arrow ultimately leads to anyway, the desired effect is created for me.
• One may drag about middle segments of Dynamic Connector arrows to the right and left or up and down to reposition them.
• Don't try to center copy in an oval vertically with line breaks. Drag the oval vertically to change its shape.
• If an arrow has too many bends in it, one may remove two segments by dragging two segements that are one segment apart parallel.
• You may open Visio documents in IE!