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Entity Relationship Diagrams: Visio 2010 to Visio 2013 -- What happened?

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Hello,

I have been a long-time user of Visio, mainly for Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) and logical flowcharts.  I encountered this problem a year ago and gave up, but now my disbelief has gotten the better of me:  In Visio 2010, ERDs were incredibly easy to make, and one could fit numerous entities in a single page.  Visio 2013 is a complete departure.  While the UI looks "prettier", one can fit only a handful of these things on a page, the entities themselves are clunky, there is no fast way to input complex data structures quickly... It's basically a nightmare compared to all prior versions.  Am I completely missing something?  I feel like I am.  I can't find any info on the web regarding this, no matter how hard I try.  Please see the example screenshots from the web.  And please tell me there is an answer that I have idiotically overlooked. :)

Visio 2010 ERD Example:

http://www.databasejournal.com/img/sc_CASETools2_image003.gif

Visio 2013 ERD Example:

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/knvE3L57qrI/maxresdefault.jpg

Thank you!


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