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Truly “No-Glue-To” Shapes

July 12, 2016 By Visio Guy 7 Comments

no-glue-to-thumbSometimes you really need shapes that can’t be connected to. While Visio has settings in the UI for doing this, they don’t fully work. This article will show you the workaround!

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Filed Under: Electrical & Electronic, Power User, Shapes, ShapeSheet Tagged With: Connectors, Glue, Settings, Visio Connectors

Making Bends in Visio’s Dynamic Connector

April 21, 2010 By Visio Guy 32 Comments

You can do some crazy things with Visio’s Dynamic connector…if you know how.

The zig-zaggy image at left is actually one badly-mishandled Dynamic connector, if you can believe it!

So come on in and see just how do wreak such havoc on unsuspecting connectors!

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Filed Under: Power User Tagged With: Connectors, Handles, Visio Connectors

Text Along a Connector’s Path in Microsoft Visio 2010

February 9, 2010 By Visio Guy 71 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!

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

Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams

October 29, 2007 By Visio Guy 43 Comments

Read Full ArticleVisio network shapes have gone “3D”, but Visio connectors have decidedly not…

…unless you’re the guys behind the creation of the Zeus ZXTM Appliance Network Stencil. Several readers have noticed the cool isometric connectors that the KnowledgeHub guys used in their sample illustration, and want to get ‘hold of ’em.

We’re not sure where the KH folks got those connectors, but a little light bulb went * bing * inside our Visio Guy heads as we remembered yet another an unfinished prototype gathering dust on our HD. Ah yes, Oblique Connector.vsd, from long, long ago…

[Read more…] about Oblique Connectors For Your 3D Diagrams

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Network, Shapes Tagged With: Network, Right-Click Actions, Visio Connectors, Visio SmartShapes

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