Some of my friends have told me that some of my recent posts have been very good, but very technical with a limited audience. So, I am switching to common Visio features that may not be properly understood. Anyone who has used Word or some of the other Office products are aware of a conceptContinue reading “Headers and Footers”
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Visio has some interesting Characters
The Question Recently, Scott, one my good friends asked me about the Visio Character section. A slightly strange request considering he is one of only a half dozen people world wide who MS, has recognized as a Visio expert. Scott does know I have not had a great year physically and I think he isContinue reading “Visio has some interesting Characters”
More Row Types
I published a Word document of the Visual Visio sections I found to my download page. The document contains cells from CellsSRC() that do not appear in the visual sections. They are highlighted in red in the document. Though there are some that are labeled as Unused or have nonsense names, there are some thatContinue reading “More Row Types”
What section was that in?
You can become a Visio master without turning on the developer tab, but if you do, then the real magic happens. It opens the world of the shapesheet and access to the internal structure of Visio. Visio has two types of sections, the visual sections you find when you “Open Shapesheet” and the real dataContinue reading “What section was that in?”
The adventures of Visio section shapes continues
A while back I created a stencil of Visio section shapes. They were based on screen shots of the Shapesheet, I added control handles to adjust “cell” widths. The cells content was stored in Excel. I then loaded the “cell” contents from Excel. So, I had shapes that looked like Shapesheet sections, but they hadContinue reading “The adventures of Visio section shapes continues”
Visio RowType?
I love spelunking through the Visio shapesheet and creating Visio shapes that are more than just plain clipArt. I use CellsSRC() to explore because I can iterate through an entire shapesheet and learn. Though CellsSRC sounds like Cells Source, it actually stands for Section, Row and Cell. Section is misleading. If you look at theContinue reading “Visio RowType?”
Enhanced Visio Shape Placement
Visio has a few gaps in how they place shapes. You can align shapes on their edge or vertical/horizontal center line, but you can not stack shapes. You can use a guideline to “stack” two shapes, but anything more gets very complex. You can distribute shapes based on the first and last shape in aContinue reading “Enhanced Visio Shape Placement”
Visio Background Check
Another interesting question from the Visio section of Answers. The user wanted to find the background colour of a page. He was using the Backgrounds tab on the Design ribbon. This creates a background page with a name like VBackground-1. So, what he was looking for was the colour of the first shape on theContinue reading “Visio Background Check”
The Origins of Visio
I like ending the week with an easy Visio question. It always feels good when you can help someone with one of your favourite products, which is a great way to start a weekend. A user posted in the Visio group of Answers (in the “Microsoft 365 and Office” section) about a problem with theContinue reading “The Origins of Visio”
Stacking Shapes
One thing that is missing in Visio, is the ability to stack shapes. You can align shapes on the top, bottom, left or right edges, but you can not stack. To stack two shapes, you have to drag a guideline from the top ruler and then place the bottom edge of one shape on theContinue reading “Stacking Shapes”
