Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Inside Out

Finding and Correcting Text

Visio can correct spelling or find and replace all uses of particular words. You can specify whether you want Visio to search a selection, a page, or the whole diagram. When you search for or check the spelling of text, Visio searches in all shapes, including these:

• Text-only shapes

• Data fields

• Stencils

• Custom property fields

• Text you enter in the Properties dialog box

Tip

To search for shapes, type your criteria into the search window located above the Shapes window. You can locate shapes by using names or keywords. For details, see "Finding the Shape You Want".

Finding and Replacing Text

Finding and replacing text in a Visio diagram works a little differently from your typical word processing document. When Visio searches ...