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Old April 15th, 2010, 09:02 PM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
Paul Herber
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Default Controling stencil/master icons

On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:05:51 -0700, "DC Kelley" wrote:

How can I control the icon that is used used in a stencil. For example, the
icon used with Basic Shapes "rectangle" has a small "4" inside it to
indicate 4-sides (which is not part of the drawing iteself). How can I add
these details to the icon that is displayed with my own stencils and master
shapes?


You can have any icon you like, I'll assume here that you are creating your own stencil:
1. put the stencil into edit mode
2. select the master you wish to change
3. right-click it and select Edit Master - Master Properties
4. ensure Generate icon automatically .. is turned off, select OK
5. again, right click the shape Edit Master - Edit Icon Image
and you are now in icon edit mode.


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Old April 15th, 2010, 09:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
DC Kelley
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Default Controling stencil/master icons

How can I control the icon that is used used in a stencil. For example, the
icon used with Basic Shapes "rectangle" has a small "4" inside it to
indicate 4-sides (which is not part of the drawing iteself). How can I add
these details to the icon that is displayed with my own stencils and master
shapes?


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Old April 16th, 2010, 08:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
DC Kelley
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Default Controling stencil/master icons

I see it now, thanks Paul.

Is there any specific way to control what order the shapes show up in? They
seem to be simply in the order they were first created but can this be
controled?


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Old April 17th, 2010, 12:15 AM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
James W.[_2_]
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Default Controling stencil/master icons

I am not really sure what you are asking however if you are referring to the
order in which the Organization Charting Solution places shapes on the page
it occurs at random. There is no setting in Visio to help users control the
order in which shapes are placed on the page.
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"DC Kelley" wrote:

I see it now, thanks Paul.

Is there any specific way to control what order the shapes show up in? They
seem to be simply in the order they were first created but can this be
controled?


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Old April 17th, 2010, 02:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
DC Kelley
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Default Controling stencil/master icons

The question has to do with stencil creation and how new master objects are
ordered there. It seems to be be limited to "first come first shown" as the
only ordering used.


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Old April 19th, 2010, 02:10 PM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
Paul Herber
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Default Controling stencil/master icons

On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:05:13 -0700, "DC Kelley" wrote:

I see it now, thanks Paul.

Is there any specific way to control what order the shapes show up in? They
seem to be simply in the order they were first created but can this be
controled?


Yes, they are normally in the order they were created, however, open the stencil for edit,
then just drag 'n' drop into the order you want.


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Electronics for Visio http://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-electronics/
Electrical for Visio http://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-electrical/
Electronics Packages for Visio http://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-electronics-packages/
 




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