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Calculator with Log SmartShape

January 2, 2019 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

I’ve created a fancy calculator shape that evaluates mathematical expressions, and allows you to save the results, like the ticker-tape on an adding machine!

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Filed Under: Shapes Tagged With: Calculator, EvalText, Text

Link Fields to Subshape Text

February 14, 2018 By Visio Guy 18 Comments

Many Visio users discover how to insert fields into the text of Visio shapes to display data contained in Shape Data fields. But they become frustrated when they add multiple text blocks to grouped shapes, as the process becomes more tricky. Let’s take a look at how to do this!

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Filed Under: Power User, ShapeSheet, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio 2016 Tagged With: Data Graphics, Insert Field, Text

Simple Cabling Shape with Length Reporting

June 6, 2016 By Visio Guy 5 Comments

cable-thumbIf you use Visio to create scaled plan views that include electrical equipment, you may have a need to rough-out actual, to-scale cable paths–and even get accurate estimates as to how much cabling you’ll need. This article explores just how you can go about it!

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Filed Under: AV Equipment, CAD, Power User, Shapes, Visio Essentials Tagged With: cables, cabling, Insert Field, Text, text block, wiring

Word Cloud Area-filling Text Shape

November 25, 2015 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

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The interesting problem of fitting words into arbitrarily-sized rectangular areas has been lurking in the dark corners of my D:\ drive for a while now. Today I decided to do something about it, and offer you a cool SmartShape to create interesting visuals with.

The area-filling text shape lends itself to creating Word Clouds and graphics that use text in a matrix- or tabular style.

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Filed Under: Shapes, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Text, word cloud

Text Outlines in Visio

March 1, 2015 By Visio Guy 6 Comments

TIf you’ve ever wondered how to convert text to paths or vectors in Visio, then this article is for you–although the solution might not be what you expected!

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Filed Under: Illustration, Power User, Shapes Tagged With: Geometry, Illustration, Text

Creating Custom Bullets in Visio

September 15, 2014 By Visio Guy 2 Comments

custom-bullets.thumbA customer/fan asked me the other day how to create custom bullets in Visio using a character he’d carefully selected from the Wingdings font. He had dug his way deep into the text editing dialog, and had actually found the right place for customizing bullets, but he couldn’t quite get it to work.

It turns out he was making it just a bit more complicated than it needed to be. When I looked into it, I found that the process was indeed a bit unclear. So let’s walk through creating custom bullets in Visio, and clear up any muddiness that you might encounter along the way.

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Filed Under: Shapes, Visio 2007, Visio 2010, Visio 2013, Visio Essentials Tagged With: Bullets, Text

Visio Keep Calm Template

September 6, 2012 By Visio Guy Leave a Comment

You might have seen this poster around town, on the internet, or decorating a colleague’s belly. More likely you’ve seen a humorous variation–it seems to have developed into quite the meme as of late.

Maybe you have your own funny ideas, but have dreaded futzing with MS Paint to realize them? Well Keep Calm and Read On. It just got simpler!

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Filed Under: Humor, Illustration, Templates Tagged With: Right-Click Actions, Signs, Text

Repeating Diamond Title Visio Shape

March 3, 2011 By Visio Guy 1 Comment

If you need a catchy title for your Visio diagram, then diamonds could be your best friend!

Today’s Visio SmartShape encases each character you type in it’s own individual diamond for that perfect Retro or Argyle look!

(Just what you were looking for, eh?)

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Quick Text, repeating shapes, SmartShapes, Text

Top Twelve Text Tips

May 6, 2009 By Visio Guy 65 Comments

top-twelve-texst-tipsIf you are designing your own shapes, you’ll spend a lot of time manipulating text.

And the more you learn about Visio’s capabilities, the more you’ll want to control shape text. Oh yes, you’ll want to rotate it, reposition it, evaluate it, make it reflect data, make it resize with the shape, and much, much more.

Today we have a treatise on twelve text tips for both end-users and ShapeSheet fans.

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Filed Under: ShapeSheet Tagged With: Text

Run Circles Around Your Text With the Circle-text Title SmartShape

March 27, 2009 By Visio Guy 9 Comments

circle-title-textThe other day, I visited one of my favorite coffee houses in Munich: Aran. While sipping my mocha, the logo on the cup gave me the idea for a Visio SmartShape:

A title shape that automatically places each character in a circle.

The cup graphics look something like the thumbnail you see at the beginning of this article. In fact, I used the newly-created SmartShape to make that a-r-a-n that you see in the square.

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Filed Under: Illustration, Shapes, Web Design, Wireframes & IA Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Quick Text, repeating shapes, SmartShapes, Text

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