Questions tagged [microsoft-visio-2013]
Diagramming software for Windows and part of Microsoft's Office suite. Visio can be used to create documents such as flowcharts, organization charts, network topologies, and software architecture diagrams.
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How to automatically adapt the text size in a shape with a fixed height in Visio
I have created a shape (a rectangle) with fixed dimensions, I cannot change theses dimensions.
In this shape a text is automatically written by a vba code. But this text is different depending on a ...
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How do I run a Visio report on many Visio diagrams at once
I'm using Visio 2013 and I have a Visio report that I want to run on hundreds of .vsdx files.
How can I run the report as a batch rather than one file at a time?
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Trying to draw shortest path lines in visio. Advice please?
I am trying to make network diagrams and connect devices with lines but want them
to be orthogonal - horizontal and vertical lines only
shortest path.
If I have 2 ports at the same vertical ...
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What is the easiest way to add many images to Visio as shapes in a custom stencil?
The company I work for produces hundreds of standardized icons that we can use for diagrams, mainly for making PowerPoint presentations. I wanted to start using Visio for these diagrams, because the ...
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How to use call-outs with imported image (Visio 2013)
How do I force a call-out to point to specific points on a photo imported into a Visio document?
When I try this, the arrow-head end of the call-out attaches itself to the edge of the photo -- not ...
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How to straighten an arrow/connector
How do I straighten this arrow between two rectangles? I've right-clicked and picked "Straigt Connector" but it refuses to change.
This just happens sometimes, and drives me crazy. The distance ...
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Visio stop shapes from changing shapes shape
How can I make it so that my shapes don't affect other shapes?
For example I have a container for a bunch of use cases, once I put a "use case" oval in it, it stretches the box. If I wanted the box ...
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Why does Visio "Auto Size", when it expands the size of the foreground page downward, seem to shift background page objects upward?
Steps to reproduce:
Create new Basic Diagram (US Units) document
Change Page-1 to Type "Background" (Right-click page tab > Page Setup...)
Add Basic Shape to Page-1 (anywhere; default size OK)
Add ...
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Visio Pro 2013 tree with more than 5 branches
Need branch connector with 8-14 branches for plumbing diagrams, stock branch only 5 and it does not cooperate to connect two branches, TIA
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How to Re-order Background Pages in Microsoft Visio?
I have created a Microsoft Visio (specifically, Professional 2013) document with four background pages.
I'd like to re-order the background pages, but it seems Microsoft Visio does not allow me to ...
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How do always use metric unit for diagrams?
In Microsoft Visio,
Each time I want to create a new diagram I have this dialog that I want to get rid of.
How is it possible?
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Importing diagram from Visio to PowerPoint results in a large amount of objects that I cannot seem to animate
So I have a Visio diagram and I would like to animate it, so that I can tell a story and introduce one piece at a time.
The issue is that when I copy the diagram into PowerPoint and convert it so that ...
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Why do I have a mysterious shadow (edges) around my container in Visio?
I checked to ensure that the following settings are off:
Shadow
Reflection
Glow
Soft Edges
3-D Format
3-D Rotation
Still, my Containers have these unusual shadows or are somehow beveled. How can I ...
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In Visio 2013 How do you set image location from shape data?
In Visio 2013, you can insert a picture from a URL/hyperlink:
Insert > Pictures > [http://someurl] > Open
Visio will contact the remote server, download the image and display it.
Is it ...
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Can I edit Visio Shapes and Save as New?
Can I edit shapes in Microsoft Visio Professional 2013 and save them as new shapes? I tried to ungroup the shape so I could edit the shape but Visio does not seem to work the same way as other graphic ...
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