Visio® 2007 For Dummies®

Chapter 15. Ten Common Tasks in Visio

In This Chapter

• Rotating shapes to a specific angle

• Centering a drawing before printing

• Resizing a page to fit the content of a drawing

• Creating a drawing that spans several pages

• Saving a company logo as a stencil shape

• Creating and adding a background design to a drawing

• Adjusting the transparency of shapes and text in a drawing

• Adding the same shape or image to all pages in a drawing

• Unlocking a shape

• Copying formatting from one shape to another

Let's face it, as you work with any software program, you need to perform plenty of mundane tasks that just don't seem to fit easily in the table of contents or index of the user's manual or don't pop up automatically in online help files when you search. You know that the answer has to be there somewhere — if you could just find it! This chapter covers ten of those tasks.

Rotating Shapes to a Specific Angle

Sometimes you want to rotate a shape to a specific angle, such as 45 degrees. The quickest way to do this is to select the shape, grab the shape's rotation handle, and start rotating the shape right or left. Watch the status bar, which displays the exact angle as you rotate the shape. Rotating counterclockwise produces a positive number; rotating clockwise produces a negative number.

If you prefer to type a specific angle, you can choose View⇨Size & Position Window. Select the object you want to rotate. Enter the angle in the Angle field of the Size & Position window. To rotate the shape in a counterclockwise ...