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Visio Multi-shapes

November 10, 2008 By Visio Guy 9 Comments

A great feature of Visio SmartShapes is multi-shape capability.

With multi-shapes, you can quickly modify how Visio shapes look via the context menu or shape data fields.

This represents not only a time-savings to users creating drawings and diagrams, but also simplifies the design and maintenance of stencil libraries for solution developers.

So yes, multi-shapes are cool, and they are a big part of what makes Visio cool.

If you haven’t yet run into them, read on to get a better idea of what multi-shapes can do for you!

[Read more…] about Visio Multi-shapes

Filed Under: Power User, Shapes Tagged With: Multi-shapes, Right-Click Actions, Shape Data, Smart Tags

How Many Fill Colors Can You Put on a Visio Shape?

March 4, 2008 By Visio Guy 13 Comments

Read Full ArticleThe easy answer to this questions is: two. A single-shape can have two colors in its fill: a Fill Color and a Pattern Color.

If you want more, you have to group separate, differently-colored shapes together. In fact getting more colors is one of the major reasons that shapes become groups in the first place.

But if two were the actual answer, well, this article would over.

You see, Visio-Guy-friend Saveen Reddy has been up to his usual tricks of pushing Visio beyond the obvious and into the intriguing…

[Read more…] about How Many Fill Colors Can You Put on a Visio Shape?

Filed Under: Development, Illustration, Power User, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Artistic Effects, Fill Format, Gradient, Multi-shapes, Right-Click Actions, Smart Tags, SmartShapes, Themes

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