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Visio 2003 newbie
Hi all,
Quick and stupid question of the day. When I create a create a text box or drag a shape onto a page, what do I click or select to center that shape horizontally but not vertically on the page. For example I want to put a footer text box at the bottom center of all pages. I had a look through Help, but it wasn't helpful at all. Thanks, Phideaux. |
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Not to beat the dead horse, but since no one responded, do I take it that
what I asked is not possible? Thanks, Phideaux phideaux wrote in message ... Hi all, Quick and stupid question of the day. When I create a create a text box or drag a shape onto a page, what do I click or select to center that shape horizontally but not vertically on the page. For example I want to put a footer text box at the bottom center of all pages. I had a look through Help, but it wasn't helpful at all. Thanks, Phideaux. |
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There is a command to center the drawing, but to center a shape.
If you are dealing with text, you can create text block shape that spans the complete width of the page. You can use tabs to center the text or set the text alignment to centered. If you are doing this for every page, you can create a background page containing the footer and attach the background page to all the drawings. The background page can contain special fields that inherit information from the foreground page. (For example page number or name) John... Visio MVP Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm phideaux wrote in message ... Not to beat the dead horse, but since no one responded, do I take it that what I asked is not possible? Thanks, Phideaux phideaux wrote in message ... Hi all, Quick and stupid question of the day. When I create a create a text box or drag a shape onto a page, what do I click or select to center that shape horizontally but not vertically on the page. For example I want to put a footer text box at the bottom center of all pages. I had a look through Help, but it wasn't helpful at all. Thanks, Phideaux. |
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Thanks for the info John.
"John Marshall, MVP" wrote in message ... There is a command to center the drawing, but to center a shape. If you are dealing with text, you can create text block shape that spans the complete width of the page. You can use tabs to center the text or set the text alignment to centered. If you are doing this for every page, you can create a background page containing the footer and attach the background page to all the drawings. The background page can contain special fields that inherit information from the foreground page. (For example page number or name) John... Visio MVP Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm phideaux wrote in message ... Not to beat the dead horse, but since no one responded, do I take it that what I asked is not possible? Thanks, Phideaux phideaux wrote in message ... Hi all, Quick and stupid question of the day. When I create a create a text box or drag a shape onto a page, what do I click or select to center that shape horizontally but not vertically on the page. For example I want to put a footer text box at the bottom center of all pages. I had a look through Help, but it wasn't helpful at all. Thanks, Phideaux. |
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