Comments on: SmartShape Tutorial: Fading Trees http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/ Shapes, Stencils, Drawings Templates, Tutorials, Tips & Developer Info for Microsoft Visio Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-28359 Visio Guy Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:29:27 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-28359 :) :)

]]> By: ismael http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-27312 ismael Tue, 10 May 2011 10:03:48 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-27312 It's nice to add to the landscape of the houseplan i made. It’s nice to add to the landscape of the houseplan i made.

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-26228 Visio Guy Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:04:03 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-26228 Thanks KK. Visio 2010 users, if you want to work with the ShapeSheet or do other advanced stuff, such as that discussed in this article, be sure to turn on the Developer tab in the Customize the Ribbon dialog. Thanks KK.

Visio 2010 users, if you want to work with the ShapeSheet or do other advanced stuff, such as that discussed in this article, be sure to turn on the Developer tab in the Customize the Ribbon dialog.

]]> By: KantKode http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-24628 KantKode Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:20:30 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-24628 Great post. FYI - in Visio 2010 the "Format/Special" option doesn't appear to exist anymore. It appears the dialog box has changed names to "Shape Name". It can be accessed on the developer tab (which has to be enabled) by clicking on the "Shape Name" button. Great post.

FYI – in Visio 2010 the “Format/Special” option doesn’t appear to exist anymore.

It appears the dialog box has changed names to “Shape Name”. It can be accessed on the developer tab (which has to be enabled) by clicking on the “Shape Name” button.

]]> By: Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Lens Flare & Highlight Shapes - Bling Bling! http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-17507 Visio Guy » Blog Archive » Lens Flare & Highlight Shapes - Bling Bling! Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:20:14 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-17507 [...] SmartShape Tutorial: Fading Trees [...] [...] SmartShape Tutorial: Fading Trees [...]

]]> By: Suzanne Wong http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-16440 Suzanne Wong Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:08:09 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-16440 Just amazing how much we can learn nowadays through “distance learning” I particularly like the Build the Trunk Shadow part;-) “The Trunk Shadow is the little bit just under the Bushy Part that adds depth and realism (stop laughing) to our shape.” Cheers! Suzanne Just amazing how much we can learn nowadays through “distance learning”
I particularly like the Build the Trunk Shadow part;-)
“The Trunk Shadow is the little bit just under the Bushy Part that adds depth and realism (stop laughing) to our shape.”

Cheers!
Suzanne

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-16259 Visio Guy Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:57:46 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-16259 Hi Justin! Funny, I just gave a talk at the Visio Conference about developer Pain Points. One of these is the fact that running in Developer Mode (Tools > Options > Advanced Tab) adds some menu items to the Format menu. One of these is Format > Special, which is the easiest and best place to find shape IDs and shape names. You can find a shape's name in: - The caption of the ShapeSheet window, - Document Explorer window (View > Show Document Explorer) - Format > Special dialog Cheers, - Chris Hi Justin!

Funny, I just gave a talk at the Visio Conference about developer Pain Points. One of these is the fact that running in Developer Mode (Tools > Options > Advanced Tab) adds some menu items to the Format menu. One of these is Format > Special, which is the easiest and best place to find shape IDs and shape names.

You can find a shape’s name in:

- The caption of the ShapeSheet window,
- Document Explorer window (View > Show Document Explorer)
- Format > Special dialog

Cheers,

- Chris

]]> By: Justin http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-16248 Justin Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:00:21 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-16248 Found the solution. Apparently you must explicitly set Developer Mode (I erroneously assumed if I was running ShapeStudio, that meant I was already in Dev Mode.) Tools > Options > Advanced > Run in Developer Mode After that, "Format > Special" appears. Found the solution. Apparently you must explicitly set Developer Mode (I erroneously assumed if I was running ShapeStudio, that meant I was already in Dev Mode.)
Tools > Options > Advanced > Run in Developer Mode
After that, “Format > Special” appears.

]]> By: Justin http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-16247 Justin Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:50:49 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-16247 I'm using ShapeStudio but cannot find "Format > Special" in Visio 2007. How do I figure out my Shape IDs? I’m using ShapeStudio but cannot find “Format > Special” in Visio 2007. How do I figure out my Shape IDs?

]]> By: Visio Guy http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-16012 Visio Guy Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:27:45 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-16012 Hi Al, Glad to hear this was helpful to you! - Chris Hi Al,

Glad to hear this was helpful to you!

- Chris

]]> By: al http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/comment-page-1/#comment-16011 al Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:57:36 +0000 http://www.visguy.com/2007/12/03/smartshape-tutorial-fading-trees/#comment-16011 Very nice intro tutorial, as a newcomer to the backend of visio it helped in adding some context to the initial Shapesheet gibberish, very much appreciated. Very nice intro tutorial, as a newcomer to the backend of visio it helped in adding some context to the initial Shapesheet gibberish, very much appreciated.

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