Article By using AutoConnect, you can quickly add connected shapes to your diagram without going back to the Shapes window to get each shape. Each shape you select is...

Article The Drawing Explorer window contains a breakdown of all the objects and elements in your drawing. Related items are grouped together. For example, there is a...

Article Auto Size expands the drawing surface automatically. For printing, use Page Setup to set the paper size and printing orientation (portrait or landscape).

Article Auto Size expands the drawing surface automatically. For printing, use Page Setup to set the paper size and printing orientation (portrait or landscape).

Article Show All Hide All You can create your own custom shapes by using the rectangle, ellipse, arc, freeform, and pencil shapes in Visio. If you want to be able to ap...

Article Visio uses Microsoft Excel to provide advanced charting capabilities. If Excel is not installed, Visio uses Microsoft Graph instead.

Article Visio has several tools to help you lay out shapes and connectors neatly and evenly. You might use different tools at different times while you create diagrams....

Article Visio uses Microsoft Excel 2010 to provide advanced charting capabilities. If Excel 2010 is not installed, Visio uses Microsoft Graph instead. You can add a dat...

Article Dynamic Grid lines appear in many templates when you drag a shape near another shape. They show when centers and edges of shapes align, and also when spacing is...

Article Grid lines crisscross each drawing page like those on traditional graph paper. A grid helps you position shapes visually on a drawing page, and you can snap sha...

Article The Drawing Explorer window lists all the objects and elements in your drawing. You can select any shape on a diagram page, or any subshape in a group, by selec...

Article To change ruler measurement units, on the Design tab, in the Page Setup group, click the Page Setup Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Page Properties tab....

Article Create custom stencils that contain the shapes you use most. You can open your custom stencils in any Visio diagram you work on.

Article Create new master shapes for your custom stencils by using the Visio shape drawing window.

Article You can insert most types of image files into a Visio diagram. They appear as normal pictures and do not have connection points (though you can still connect th...

Article Search for shapes when you need something that isn't in a diagrams default stencil. You can search among all shapes that are included with Visio, and you can se...

Article There are several ways to zoom in for a closer look at your Visio drawing and to move it around (or "pan" the diagram) so you can view the sections you want.

Article Select the connector. On the Home tab, click Position , point to Rotate Shapes , and then click Flip Vertical . Note Reversing the direction of a con...

Article The drawing page has rulers along the top and one side. Change the default measurement units for the rulers.

Article There are several different ways to measure shapes in Microsoft Visio 2010 . Which way is best depends on the type of measurements that you need and whether y...

Article Complex diagrams usually benefit from having related shapes identified and labeled. Visible collections make it easier to understand the structure of a diagram ...

Article If you need more shapes than a particular Visio template provides, you have a couple of options. You can search your computer for shapes that are installed with...

Article Some specialized shapes have built-in abilities and behaviors specific to their intended uses. Find specialized abilities for a shape Right-click the shape. Loo...

Article The lines of the grid crisscross drawing pages like the lines on traditional graph paper. The grid helps you position shapes on the drawing page. On the View ta...

Article In Microsoft Visio 2010 , you can customize the appearance of shapes by changing their text colors, font, fill colors and patterns, line weight and style, or s...