Chapter 6. Working with Individual Shapes

In this chapter, you delve into nooks and crannies of SmartShapes and learn to find all that a shape can be. You also explore techniques for quickly and efficiently working with shapes so that diagramming with Visio becomes a fluid and natural endeavor.

You’ll get a lot more out of Visio if you can manipulate shapes like a pro. Several useful techniques for moving, copying, and positioning shapes can speed up your drawing, and shapes can have custom features that can help you make your drawings richer and more valuable.

Copying and Duplicating Shapes

Whether I’m making a simple matrix of boxes, an array of servers, or a seating chart for the next concert, I copy shapes constantly. You, too, should be ...

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