One shortcut that I find very useful in both Visio and PowerPoint is CTRL-D to duplicate a selection. I hate that if I want multiple copies and use CTRL-V,V,V… to paste several times, they are all on top of one another, whereas CTRL-D duplicates at a small offset to the right and down from the original or subsequent duplicate in a nicely spaced diagonal line.
In PowerPoint it is even more sophisticated: if you duplicate an object then move the duplicate and hit CTRL-D again (without deselecting the new duplicate) then the subsequent dupes have the same offset as from the original to the first one - perfect for an evenly spaced row of boxes, and would be ideal for Visio too (eg desks arranged at a set interval along a wall without moving them all individually). (Oddly enough, PowerPoint also does perfect centre-sizing by holding CTRL, unlike Visio as you mention in your other article. Why does PP have the upper hand on some of these features, I wonder?)

I too am an “ALT” user, F,S; F,A; F,P and F,V just come naturally. Shame that some of these combinations and others such as Excel’s ALT-E,S,V no longer work in 2007.

Thanks for this very helpful post, a few useful and not widely known combinations here for the unusual animal that is Visio.
Incidentally, the shortcut using CTRL-SHIFT and mouse keys to zoom in only doubles/halves below 400% - if the resulting zoom is above that it goes in steps of 200% instead (*in 2007 at least, I no longer have an older install here to test). So you can go from 199 to 398 to 598, or from 201 to 401 to 601.

You might also be interested in this article: Combo Box Table of Contents

It shows you how to use code to create a drop-down combo box that helps you to navigate mutli-page drawings. It requires VBA code in your drawing, but might nevertheless be useful for your projects.

- Chris

Thanks!