Comments on: Automatic Chevron Process Shape

By: VREARDON

VREARDON — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:56:01 +0000

Great thanks – worked like a treat!

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:13:48 +0000

Hi Tom,

This shape doesn’t have the feature of variable-length chevrons. You’ll have to draw from scratch.

The behind-the-shape programming that makes this thing do a lot of stuff for you automatically (like not having to select each shape to type text, and determining intermediate shades of coloring automatically) mean that it is NOT meant to be ungrouped. When you ungroup SmartShapes, weird things happen. It’s like removing the chassis from a car and expecting the wheels to still carry the shell

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:24:03 +0000

BTW: I’m using the Visio 2003 version.

Problem I run into is that when I ungroup a chevron, then try to copy and paste, or cut and paste, the color isn’t the same, there’s no line, and there’s no text. What’s going on?

Also, I noticed that the first chevron on the left wants to “stick” to the left edge of the page I’m pasting it to.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:21:52 +0000

I like the program, but I need chevrons of varying lenghts. How do I vary the length?

By: pdiamond

pdiamond — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:05:55 +0000

I downloaded the visio 2007 file – I must be really dense…8<(

It came down as zip file with 4 files, but no extensions. I renamed VisioDocument to add .vsd, it opens OK and I think I will be able to use it (haven't had a chance to try yet). The other 3 files – not sure if they are important (though I'll bet they are) but they do not appear to be vsd files – what are their extensions so that I can check them out?

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:29:09 +0000

Running VISIO 2003 – but can not edit the text list, F2, etc. just don’t work, – what am I missing?

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:09:06 +0000

Hi Sreeram, The free shape has a limited number of arrows. You can duplicate the shape to get more, or you can hire me to make you one with many, many more segments. Chris

By: sreeram

sreeram — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:15:15 +0000

How do we increase the arrows Or process shapes from existing 7 nos to any additional ….. tried to ungroup and do cut & paste, but it is not getting positioned to the desired location, even if it does, cannot resize it to suit earlier or existing shape dimensions….

By: Kristin

Kristin — Sun, 22 May 2011 19:04:27 +0000

AMAZING!! Works so well. Thank You!!!!

By: Rarsa

Rarsa — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:20:32 +0000

This chevron is awesome. Very smartly built. As you pointed out, It saved me a ton of time.

Thank you!

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By: aaronslack

aaronslack — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:09:30 +0000

Visio Guy,

How can I add additional chevrons to the string of 5 shapes. My process is 12 steps long, and I need to add 7 more.

Thanks for your help!

Aaron

By: Siljan

Siljan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:05:16 +0000

Great. Was able to edit text and use auto color in visio 2003.

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:24:49 +0000

Hi Nuklehed,

See the very first comment up above. I explained why it doesn’t work as a master from a stencil. There seems to be a bug in Visio or in the shape’s construction.

By: nuklehed

nuklehed — Tue, 18 May 2010 18:01:24 +0000

I can’t seem to get the stencils to work in Visio 2007. I can copy the object to my stencil list, but I cannot change the text in the stencil using the text list feature. Do I need to install differently somehow?