I would like to see truly seamless and error-free sharing between Office applications allowing me to embed a Visio graphic without damaging the graphic itself. For example, when embedding a Visio flowchart graphic in a Word document the connectors don't translate properly…

Here is some practical advice when using connectors between blocks/symbols: Put your blocks where you want them and insert the connector lines last. This will expedite the completion of your graphics and reduce the time spent making line corrections. While Visio is somewhat…

We use Visio for simple business process diagrams to illustrate current processes and compare/contrast them with proposed improvements.

I will offer some generic guidance.   There are several excellent business process solutions available. I recommend learning about each of them, getting a trial period for each one, building a list of specific questions (some examples:  easy to learn? easy to use? solves…

There are many BPM applications available.   Camunda and Pega BPM are two good choices, but I don't know how you define "affordable."  If you want a very simple graphic application that is easy to learn and use, then Visio is useable, but not dynamic in any sense.   Take a…