Questions tagged [microsoft-visio-2007]
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How to stop Visio 2007 toolbars from rearranging when I open ShapeSheet?
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I normally run with one VSD open, maximized within the Visio 2007 window. I have a mix of custom and standard toolbars, all moved onto one row:
Note that I have lots of ...
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Visio: all text became covered with gray pattern
Suddenly all the text in all the documents (including any new document) looks like this:
But if I double-click it to edit, the text is indeed there:
I think it's some global Visio setting, but I ...
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Showing Visio 2007 grid on top of shapes?
Is it possible to display the grid in Visio 2007 on top of opaque shapes rather than beneath them? For example, in the below screenshot, I'd like the grid to be visible even in the area of the white ...
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Can Visio background pages set foreground-page margins?
Question: Is there any way to automatically set the margins of a foreground page in Visio 2007 to the margins of the corresponding background page?
Situation: My Visio 2007 document has a portrait ...
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Can't resize Component Shape in MS Visio 2007
How can I re-size the Component Shape in MS Visio 2007? I know that I can resize it by grabbing the corners but it appears to be locked.
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Visio 2007: How do I prevent connectors from snapping to the center of shapes?
I am working on a very tight diagram and the connectors keep on snapping to the center of boxes and circles when I want them to connect somewhere else. There seems to be a threshold where if you are ...
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How to enable snapping when moving multiple objects in Visio?
I have the following problem: I'm using Visio to design tiling patterns and have a problem when copying tile groups. I can make individual tiles snap together well (all my tiles are polygons drawn ...
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Method or Variable type is Collections in Visio's Class diagram
I am drawing a class diagram currently, in which there are variables of 'Collections' type and also methods that return 'Collections'.
I am unable to find any Collections type from the list given ...
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Parameters of operations in Visio's Class diagram
I am drawing a Class diagram in Visio.
In the operations part of a class, I would like to show the parameters.
For example: doMethod(String hi): void.
But I don't know how to set the parameters.
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Turn off Snap and Glue in MS Visio 2007 permanently
Every time I create new drawing document in Microsoft Visio 2007, drawing options "Snap" and "Glue" are turned on by default.
I find both of them particularly annoying, so every time I create a new ...
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Display primary : foreign key relationships in Visio database diagram
I've created a Database Model relationship diagram in Visio with tables and relationships. However, I can't find any way to automatically display the Primary Key :: Foreign Key relationship in the ...
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Microsoft Visio branching connectors
In Visio 2007, how would you use a connector as a data bus to reach multiple shapes? From what I've read, there is no branching connector. You have to use multiple connectors and that is really messy. ...
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Change text orientation to landscape in Visio
In Microsoft Visio 2007, is there a way to change the text in the boxes so that it is oriented in landscape vs the defaulted portrait orientation? If so, how do I accomplish this? The box shape I am ...
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How do you get the double-sided snapping arrow in Microsoft Visio?
I'm using the Gane-Sarson shapes set in Microsoft Visio 2007 to create a data flow diagram. I am trying to find a double sided arrow, but the Data Flow shape in the Gane-Sarson set only shows one ...
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How do I draw a line in Visio 2007 without the end points jumping around?
Im trying to a block diagram with some blocks nested within a top level box, the lower level boxes need to have multiple connections between them but Visio's auto connection feature is hindering that, ...
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