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Reply Mon 21 Apr 2008, 15:37Delegate Angela said...

Angela has attended:
Visio Introduction course

Text box sizes

How do I keep boxes all the same size if I need to change the size after I have createdf the drawing?

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Reply Mon 21 Apr 2008, 16:35Trainer Amanda said...

RE: Text box sizes

Hi Angela

Thank you for your question.

Once you have added shapes to your diagram, if you select all the shapes you wish to change the size of (click on one, hold down Shift and click the other shapes while holding Shift), then use one of the green square handles on the corner of the selection you have made to drag out, all of the shapes you have selected should be resized at the same time.

I hope this helps. If not let me know and I'll post an alternative way of resizing shapes.

Amanda

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Creating an organisation chart in Visio using Excel data

A quick and easy way to create an organisation chart by importing names and titles stored in list format in an Excel spreadsheet into Visio.

1. Select File, New, Organization Chart.

2. Start the Organization Chart Wizard.

3. At the first step of the wizard, select the 'Information that I enter using the wizard' option, and click Next.

4. At the second step of the wizard, select Excel, then type the name of the file.

5. Select Browse to choose the location you wish to save the file to, click Save, and then click Next.

6. Click OK - a Microsoft Office Excel workbook will open with column headings already entered for you.

7. Replace the sample text with the text you wish to appear in your organisation chart. By holding your cursor over each column heading, you should be able to view data entry tips.

8. Save the Excel file, then close Excel.

9. Proceed through the remaining steps in the wizard to create your organization chart from the data you entered into the Excel file.

Visio's organisation chart wizard will also recognise the following file formats (besides .xls):

- Microsoft Exchange Server Directory (Microsoft Exchange e-mail Address Book).

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- Org Plus (.txt).

- Microsoft Office Access (.mdb) or any other file format for a database created in an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)-compliant database application.

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