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Ordered List Shapes

March 30, 2020 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

I frequently have the need to get text into separate boxes in Visio. And often I need those boxes to have some sort of incremented series, such as 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C. I’ve built some SmartShapes to help ease my pain, and I’m sharing them with you today!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Templates, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Download, free, Increment, Series, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes

Visio Nerd Videos – For Developers!

July 14, 2016 By Visio Guy 3 Comments

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If you’re interested in the deeper workings of Visio, then you’ll be interested in a series of videos that I’ve been in remiss in reporting!

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Filed Under: Code, Data, Development, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Tools, Video Tagged With: John Goldsmith, Programming, shapeshe, ShapeSheet, ShapeSheet Formulas, ShapeSheet Functions

ShapeSheet through the Ages

September 17, 2014 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

shapesheet-through-agesThis week on the Visio History Channel…

If you enjoyed yesterday’s walk down memory lane, and you lean toward the technical/programmer side, then you might enjoy this fluff piece–a look at the evolution of the ShapeSheet.

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Filed Under: History, ShapeSheet, Visio 2007, Visio 2010, Visio 2013 Tagged With: History, ShapeSheet

Get Web Hex Color Values from Visio Shapes

May 14, 2010 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

Web designers and AI folks need to know what colors they are using. And they need to know precisely.

Bright red, Fuchsia  and Mauve just won’t do. They need exacting names like: #FF0000, #FF00FF and #E0B0FF.

Since more and more folks are using Visio for prototyping web sites and user interfaces, I thought it might be useful to create a SmartShape that displays the hexadecimal color value for a particular shape.

[Read more…] about Get Web Hex Color Values from Visio Shapes

Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Color, ShapeSheet, ShapeSheet Formulas, Smart Colors

List Separators in Visio’s ShapeSheet are Crazy!

April 21, 2010 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

Are you developing Visio solutions that will be used across the Globe? Have you experienced strange behavior using ShapeSheet functions like INDEX, LOOKUP, SUM, RGB or others that involve lists of items?

If so, then you, my friend, are a victim of list-separator craziness!

 

 

 

[Read more…] about List Separators in Visio’s ShapeSheet are Crazy!

Filed Under: ShapeSheet Tagged With: Formulas, FormulaU, List Separators, ShapeSheet, ShapeSheet Formulas

Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010

February 9, 2010 By Visio Guy 72 Comments

A feature lacking in Visio, like for-EVER, is the ability to align text along a connector’s path.

Now, Visio 2010’s new ShapeSheet functions and capabilities finally deliver.

Today we’ll show-off the cool new connector that I’ve developed for you, and get a very light technical explanation as to how it works!

[Read more…] about Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010

Filed Under: Shapes, ShapeSheet, Visio 2010 Tagged With: Right-Click Actions, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes, Visio Connectors

Choose Colors with Shape Data Fields

October 21, 2009 By Visio Guy 22 Comments

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Do you have shapes that contain multiple colors that you’d like to easily change?

Wouldn’t it be neat to be able to specify those colors in Shape Data fields, along with other parameters for the shape?

Visio’s Shape Data fields don’t directly support colors, but I’ve come up with a workaround. You can read how I did it, or just get the download and re-use what I’ve already built!

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Filed Under: ShapeSheet Tagged With: Color, Formulas, Functions, Shape Data, ShapeSheet, ShapeSheet Formulas, User-defined Cells

Why Visio Shape Smarts Makes Your Life Easier

July 22, 2009 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

smart-geometryIt’s easy to use Visio and not notice some of the things that make it a great diagramming application.

One great feature is how shapes resize–or more aptly–how parts of shapes resize. If you’ve wondered about the term “SmartShapes”, this is an area where Visio shapes are truly smart.

So let’s take a visual tour and see how Visio SmartShapes do intelligent resizing that saves you time and improves your diagrams.

[Read more…] about Why Visio Shape Smarts Makes Your Life Easier

Filed Under: Power User, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Parameterize, ShapeSheet, Smart Drawings

Flip the Switch, Feed the Creature

January 22, 2009 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

feed-the-creaturePeople really get excited about Visio when they see that SmartShapes can react visually to changing conditions.

Whether you change size or position, data stored with the shape, select a context menu item or double-click, a Visio shape can be built to show that something has changed.

A classic example of this is a simple rectangle that changes color when you extend it beyond a certain length…

[Read more…] about Flip the Switch, Feed the Creature

Filed Under: History, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Color, Fill Format, Hidden, IF statements, ShapeSheet, SmartShapes

A Re-programmable Visio Multi-shape: The Configurable Stickman!

November 14, 2008 By Visio Guy 4 Comments

If you’ve read our last article, Visio Multi-shapes, then you know what a great feature multi-shape-ness can be.

However, until you graduate from Visio Geek University (go VGU!), and become proficient with ShapeSheets, those pesky multi-shapes can be quite difficult to build.

So what if user’s could somehow define their own multi-shapes?

That question has burned today’s article into my mind, and today it comes to you via the information super-highway. Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce to you the Configurable Stickman, which who can be set to one of five positions.

And YOU can define the positions yourself!

[Read more…] about A Re-programmable Visio Multi-shape: The Configurable Stickman!

Filed Under: Shapes Tagged With: Formulas, Functions, Multi-shapes, Power User, ShapeSheet, ShapeSheet Formulas, User-defined Cells

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