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Text on a Curve

Text on a Circle Visio Shape

May 9, 2014 By Visio Guy 65 Comments

text-on-a-circle-shape-thumbMany Visio users would like to create graphics with text running around a circle. I’ve come up with a third iteration to solving this problem.

This time, you get a single shape, with no need for VBA macro code!

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Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, Featured Articles, Shapes Tagged With: Text on a Curve

Circular Text Generator (version 2)

January 5, 2008 By Visio Guy 63 Comments

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Getting text on a circle in Visio was always a pain until the Circular Text Generator (version 1) appeared on Visio Guy. V1 was evidently a big hit, but you wanted more! Version 2 adds some more control over text spacing and placement on the circle. So if you need to place Visio text on a circle, read on!

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Filed Under: Add-ins & Tools, Code, Illustration, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Tools Tagged With: Text, Text on a Curve

Circular Text Generator (version 1)

October 18, 2007 By Visio Guy 36 Comments

Read Full ArticleOK, we’ve just about had enough! Between all the newsgroup posts, and John Marshall’s nagging, it’s time to do something about adding text to a circle in Visio. ‘Til now, the standard response has been; “insert a Word Art object”. But with Visio’s SmartShape- and automation capabilities that just won’t do! We ought to be able to build something cool–and more native to Visio. This article presents the first in a series of the Circular Text Generator! [Read more…] about Circular Text Generator (version 1)

Filed Under: Code, Illustration, Shapes, ShapeSheet, Tools Tagged With: Code, Programming, Text, Text on a Curve

Circular Multi-arrows in PowerPoint

October 10, 2007 By Visio Guy 16 Comments

Read Full ArticleBack in October 2006, Visio Guy posted the Circular Multi-arrow Shapes that offer superior capabilities to the popular in-the-Visio-box version.

Well, David Van Hemel had already created a similar, flexible solution for PowerPoint users. Although he was happy to find our Visio-based offering, he thought that his PowerPoint tool would be useful to others, and he generously offered his solution for consumption by the smart-graphics-loving community.

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Filed Under: Beyond Visio, Shapes Tagged With: PowerPoint, Text, Text on a Curve

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