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October 9th, 2009, 07:11 PM
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Basic Flowchart Shapes: Reformatting Shapes
How can I reformat any of the shapes in the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane?
When I launch Visio and create a new basic flowchart, all the shapes in this pane are formatted with no fill, thin line, etc, pretty generic and I'm assuming these are the defaults. When I'm making edits in a file provided to me, when I "drag" a shape from the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane, the shapes areformatted with color and shading. From what I read, the shapes in this pane cannot be editted, yet these shapes have formatting applied. I can use the same shape(s) from the "Document Stencil, but how can I change the formatting of any of the shapes within the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane? (Rhetorical) If the shapes in this pane are uneditable, then how were they changed to accept the shading format? Any and all insight will be appreciated - Thank You 
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October 10th, 2009, 05:37 PM
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Basic Flowchart Shapes: Reformatting Shapes
Which version of Visio are you using?
In V2007, you can use Themes to set global coloring. The dynamic connector requires extra work. Place it on the drawing, then open the document stencil, edit the "master" as you would like it, and apply changes. Now, for this document, the subsequent placements will have those features. As far as editting the master shapes on the master stencil, no, cannot do. So, it's either the themes approach, or edit each shape when placed. Then copy that shape to a new stencil which becomes your collection of new masters. Saves you from doing a multitude of copy and pastes. If these represent the default setup that you want for all documents, then you can create a template that will recall all of these settings. At least, that is my understanding and I don't recall any other techniques. HTH Wapperdude "MWS-C360" wrote: How can I reformat any of the shapes in the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane? When I launch Visio and create a new basic flowchart, all the shapes in this pane are formatted with no fill, thin line, etc, pretty generic and I'm assuming these are the defaults. When I'm making edits in a file provided to me, when I "drag" a shape from the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane, the shapes areformatted with color and shading. From what I read, the shapes in this pane cannot be editted, yet these shapes have formatting applied. I can use the same shape(s) from the "Document Stencil, but how can I change the formatting of any of the shapes within the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane? (Rhetorical) If the shapes in this pane are uneditable, then how were they changed to accept the shading format? Any and all insight will be appreciated - Thank You
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October 13th, 2009, 12:40 PM
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Basic Flowchart Shapes: Reformatting Shapes
WapperDude, Thank You for the information. I am using Visio 2003; which I
should have provided initially, and will try and use the approach you had suggested to address my situation. Take Care "WapperDude" wrote: Which version of Visio are you using? In V2007, you can use Themes to set global coloring. The dynamic connector requires extra work. Place it on the drawing, then open the document stencil, edit the "master" as you would like it, and apply changes. Now, for this document, the subsequent placements will have those features. As far as editting the master shapes on the master stencil, no, cannot do. So, it's either the themes approach, or edit each shape when placed. Then copy that shape to a new stencil which becomes your collection of new masters. Saves you from doing a multitude of copy and pastes. If these represent the default setup that you want for all documents, then you can create a template that will recall all of these settings. At least, that is my understanding and I don't recall any other techniques. HTH Wapperdude "MWS-C360" wrote: How can I reformat any of the shapes in the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane? When I launch Visio and create a new basic flowchart, all the shapes in this pane are formatted with no fill, thin line, etc, pretty generic and I'm assuming these are the defaults. When I'm making edits in a file provided to me, when I "drag" a shape from the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane, the shapes areformatted with color and shading. From what I read, the shapes in this pane cannot be editted, yet these shapes have formatting applied. I can use the same shape(s) from the "Document Stencil, but how can I change the formatting of any of the shapes within the Basic Flowchart Shapes pane? (Rhetorical) If the shapes in this pane are uneditable, then how were they changed to accept the shading format? Any and all insight will be appreciated - Thank You
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