Thanks John!

"John Marshall, MVP" wrote:

Reread the article, the method is subtle. The key to getting it to work is
to lock the preview and then delete the content of the page. Once the
preview is locked, deleting the content will not affect the preview.

John... Visio MVP

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"Bob" wrote in message
...
Thanks John,
Followed directions, now I see the preview, but how do I get it to open up
as a blank page when I start a new drawing? Currently my template icon now
becomes the default diagram.

"John Marshall, MVP" wrote:

Your question is the sixth question on
http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...s/column12.asp

John... Visio MVP

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"Bob" wrote in message
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Thanks Chris - I gave you a bad piece of information. I'm using Visio
2002 and I suspect thats why your recommendations don't work. Just to
make
sure there is no confusion, I'm not asking how to make an icon for an
object
within a template, but I'm asking how to make an icon for the entire
template, i.e. the template preview.

Thanks Again


"Chris Roth [ Visio MVP ]" wrote:

Right-click the icon and dig around for Edit Icon Image or Edit
Master
Icon
in the menu. The item is buried in a cascading menu in Visio 2003.

Or, just hold Ctrl and double-click on the icon.

You'll also want to change a property of the master - right-click
and
choose
Master Properties. (Shift+Double-click works too!)

UNCHECK Generate icon automatically from shape date. If you don't do
this,
you will lose your custom icon if you make changes to the shape.

The icon editor is fairly poor but it works. (It was originally
coded by
the
CEO of Visio, back when they were working in a garage somewhere in
Fremont,
a neighborhood of Seattle) But I believe in the later versions, you
can
copy
and paste from "real" icon editors...

--

Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


"wavlet" wrote in message
...
In the choose drawing type window, templates are displayed with a
graphic
picture ICON. I've created my own template, but I don't see how to
create
the graphic for the icon. Currently a VISIO default graphic is
displayed.