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Can I insert Images in Visio which dynamically update?
I have a Visio document which contains a site map and (for demo use when not connected) links through to sample images of each live page.
I would like each image to automatically update from a source ...
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Microsoft Visio 2010 Default Connector [closed]
I re-installed my computer, and now visio 2010 connector icon creates a connector with text end1 and end2 plus some dots. My document is a UML activity diagram. It did not do this in my last ...
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Visio 2010 creating boxes around text
I recently installed Visio 2010 and spend a lot of time modifying diagrams. I have a large design with multiple colored text and lines in shapes. I can highlight everything and change the text to a ...
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Visio indicate width on connector / arrow / bus
I am trying to draw a data path diagram in Visio, but I cannot figure out how to indicate a bus width on a connector arrow.
Just like in the image I want to indicate how many bits wide a arrow is ...
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Can't shrink drawing when printing to smaller paper format
I have a Visio-drawing drawn in A3 format. Now I wish to print it on A4 format and have Visio to shrink it to fit that format. However, it still want's to print in A3 size and thus cropping the parts ...
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Visio 2010 Pro - Cannot Attach XLSX Spreadsheet to Network Diagram
I have a Visio document that shows the various machines at work that I am responsible for. I am trying to link an excel document that contains the various machine names, CPU types, RAM, etc to the ...
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Using Visio 2010 Professional to load Oracle database
I can successful connect to my Oracle database using ODBC (SYSTEM DSN), I can access it using SQL*Plus and entering the host (from TNSNames) and username /password and also can see the data when ...
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How to display shape data on the document itself
I updated a sketch and I added data to shapes.
Is there a way to display this data next to the shapes easily? So it would show up when I print it? Or do I need to do it manually by adding text boxes ...
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Change many shapes at once in Visio [duplicate]
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Visio 2010: replace a shape
I'm drawing a layout of several networks. The thing is that it's not entirely clear exactly what clients we shall use so right now I'm using ...
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Call Visio POLYLINE function with variable list of coordinates
I'm trying to design a Visio 2010 shape whose geometry depends on the shape's width. That is, the number and the length of the segments that make up the shape's geometry depends on the width.
Instead ...
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Allow horizontal resizing from only one side of a shape
Visio shapes have 8 resize handles. If I protect the height of the shape, only the handles in the middle of the left and right borders remain active. Now, is there a way to disable the left resize ...
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Connector wilth multiple annotations?
I'd like a connector that I can add text to not just in the middle but also at either end. How do I customise things to do that?
(I'm drawing a diagram to represent network connections and I'd like ...
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Moving endpoint of freeform curve
How do you move the endpoint of a freeform curve?
This seems like it should be really simple but whenever I try with either the freeform tool or the pencil tool, it extends the curve rather than ...
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Visio 2010: how to remove data field name in shape data display?
there, I just discovered that Visio has the ability to import data dynamically into shapes. That is really cool.
I have tested it out and I can see how to change a lot of things, except what I want. ...
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How to protect custom shapes from being reused? Visio 2010
We are building a set of documentation for our business with Visio 2010.
We need to make the Visio files accessible to external consultants for review, but we want to ensure that they cannot copy any ...
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How to have a Custom Container's text in the Header
I am trying to build a custom container. I have created a separate object for my header and set User.msvStructureType = "Heading"
I'd expect that when selecting the container, any text I type will ...
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Custom style for any new drawing element in Visio 2010
You know how easily Microsoft Word adopts your visual style of writing, like text color, size, etc and uses it for any subsequent text you write, right? Well, I can't get similar behavior with Visio, ...
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Visio - Save Large Drawing to Single Page PDF
I have a large Visio diagram that spans multiple pages according to the print area. However, I would like to save this to a PDF file and have it only display as a single page in the PDF. My users ...
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How do I resize tables in Visio 2010?
Create a Database Model Diagram
Reverse Engineer a database (Database Tab, Reverse Engineer).
Once the diagram is created, how do you resize the tables?
I've tried:
Enable Developer mode, Choose ...
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Why is the last line of text separated in MS Visio shapes
In the image below, you can see two rectangles with some text inside. If you take a closer look you will notice a difference in spacing between lines. The spacing between the first and the second ...
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How do I make Visio header rows behave like Excel header rows?
A few times when I was working in Excel with documents that had large amounts of data, as you scroll down, the header (first cell in the column) stayed visible. I don't remember telling it to do this, ...
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Microsoft Visio 2010 Zoom to 100% using keyboard
I'm using the mouse to change zoom level to 100% and this annoys me because I use it a lot.
Using zoom CTRL++ or CTRL+- and zooming with mouse (left click or wheel) almost never result in exactly ...
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Does Visio allow to plot a mathematical function?
Does Visio allow to plot a function such as y=(1/sin(x)).
I am keen on being able to specify the function directly, rather than having to fiddle with some stencils dimensions. Is there a specific ...
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Convert image to Visio diagram?
I'm trying to convert a simple diagram (boxes and arrows) into a Visio chart. There are lots of these boxes and arrows, however, so this will be a pain to do by hand.
Is there a way to convert an ...
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Visio 2010: How to display name or documentation field of a final state object in a UML activity diagram
I have an UML activity diagram which includes a final state. This final state has a name which describe the state, but I am not able to show the name. Trying to add it as a Share Data hasn't worked ...
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Visio 2010 - How to apply a template?
I created a template (background and some stuff, a stencil too). What i want is
When I create a new diagram I want it to open with this template and I want my stencil to be in the shapes list.
How ...
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Text Location on Custom Visio 2010 Master Shape
I am creating a new master shape and would like the text (when user pressesto be placed above the shape and not in the middle. How can that be configured?
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Visio 2010 Professional No Database Tab
I am trying to create a ERD using VISIO Professional 2010 (full install) but I am having problems.
I can't open the table properties windows at the bottom of the screen when I double click on a ...
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How do I browse all shapes in Visio (2010)
I'm not very familiar with the shapes that are available for me to use. Sometimes I'm looking for a shape but I don't know what it would be called so I can't search for it and I don't know which ...
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How to resize a shape in a flowchart while keeping the shape centred to keep arrows straight?
Given the first sample visio flowchart. How can I resize the process box and have it stay centered for the arrows pointing down?
Currently I have to move the box back to the middle.
Start Sample ...
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Opening VSD files with Visio 2010 Viewer
I just installed the Visio 2010 viewer.
How do I now make this viewer to open if I double click a VSD files? Every time I do so only my web browser (Opera) is started - but it is not associated with ...
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Edit a shape with Visio 2010?
In previous Visio version I was able to "open" shapes which opened up a new drawing containing only the shape. In this mode you could edit/change/modify (e.g. remove certain parts) shapes that come ...
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How to connect comments to more than one flow-chart shape in Visio 2010
Today I was constructing a flow-chart in Visio 2010. I linked a Callout to one of the process shapes (rectangles). After a bit I found the comment in the Callout applied to one other rectangle as ...
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Visio 2010 Shape Data
I just started using Visio last week and have network items mapped out and their information entered in the shape data for each item. My question is this, is there a way to export the shape data that ...
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How to define an organizational hierarchy in Visio 2010?
How do you create the relationships between positions in a Visio 2010 Organizational Chart?
I have created the chart, added several positions to the chart, and now I wish to define which positions ...
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Visio removing UML model info when saving file
I had created a .vsd file in Visio Premium 2010, saved it, emailed a copy to my colleague. Couple of days later, I reopen it, only to find that for some reason, it no longer treats the the document ...
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Possible to use a Visio page as a layer on another page?
Is it possible to use a page in a Visio doc as a layer in another page in the same doc?
Currently, I'm copying and pasting when I make changes to page 1 into a layer on page 2, but would like it if ...
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Visio 2010 - How can I represent an interface with properties?
In Visio 2010 with UML diagrams, I need to represent an interface with properties. The closest thing I can find is a class with attributes. What should I use?
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Text background behind an arrow
I have an arrow in Visio 2010 with text. But white box around text shut off the arrow itself. I could move a text a little further away from an arrow but I don't want to. How can I set transparent ...
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Visio - how can I generate pdf?
How can I generate a PDF file in Visio?
I want to include this file as Figure in LaTeX, so I need only my diagram on pdf instead of entire page with diagram on it. How can I do that?
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Visio 2010: replace a shape
In Visio 2010, how can I change the shape of a single element?
If I create a new one, I'd have to re-apply text, connections and format.
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Paste Format to Object Inside Group
In Visio 2010, how do you paste formats to objects inside a group? Attempting to paste formats to an object inside a group applies them to all objects in the group.
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How to place a shape on top of another shape in Visio 2010?
Okay this is driving me nuts. I'm using Visio 2010 in a completely blank template. Here is what I'm doing:
I'm drawing a simple rectangle
I draw a second simple rectangle
I'm trying to drag ...
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prevent connector routing when elements placed on top of them in MS Visio 2007
Is there any chance to prevent MS Visio (preferably 2010) connectors from routing when a text block is placed on top of it? I want to achieve the effect as if the text block is on the upper layer, ...
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Multi-decision box in Visio
In Visio there is a multi-decision box for flowcharts. However, it only has three outputs. I need a box that has four outputs. What can be done?
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Visio 2010: Mass-applying properties (font, line, etc.) to shapes
I am using Visio 2010 to create some large figures and I am wondering how to group various shapes by some property so that I can easily change it later for all of them.
I'd like something similar to ...
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Microsoft Visio 2010 UML:CLASS Interfaces
I'm having trouble associating multiple classes with an interface where if I change methods in an interface, all implementing classes update automatically.
That is what is desired, where the ...
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Remove Excel data link in Visio Drawing
I am creating a server topology for one of our SharePoint farms and thought it would be easy to just link the Excel spreadsheet with our server information to the Visio drawing to auto-populate some ...
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How can I change the default properties of Visio's connector tool?
I'd like to change the default properties of the connector tool in Visio from right-angled lines with an arrow head to curved lines without arrows at either end. Can this be done? If so, how?
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How to remove certain UML labels in Visio 2010
I am trying to draw a UML diagram and have become frustrated at the inclusion of some unwanted labels (see circled in red below) when I add composition relationships. When I select them and press ...
