Easy tips

How do I hide a layer in Visio?

How do I hide a layer in Visio?

Show or hide a layer

  1. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Layers, and select Layer Properties.
  2. In the Layer Properties dialog box, clear or select the check box in the Visible column for each layer you want to hide or show.

How do I use layers in Visio?

In Visio, layers let you organize the shapes in a drawing….Create a layer

  1. On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Layers, and then click Layer Properties.
  2. In the Layer Properties dialog box, click New.
  3. Type a name for the layer and then click OK.

How do I add a command button in Visio?

Adding a button to your Visio drawing Enable the Design Mode on the Developer tab of your Ribbon. Add a command button to your drawing. Edit your command button properties by rightmouse-click on the button and selecting CommandButton Object – Control Properties.

Can you have layers in Visio?

Add layers to your Visio drawing to manage objects and stay organized. Select a shape. Select Home > Layers > Assign to Layer. The assigned layers are selected in the list.

How do I overlay a shape in Visio?

Enable in Visio 2013 the Developer Mode (Options –> Customize Ribbon –> Select Developer). Next put two rectangles on the page and select both, then on the Developer Tab click on Operations and choose Union or Combine. You can also just put the two rectangles one on the other and they will overlap.

How do I remove Shape protection in Visio?

Click “View” from the top menu and then click “Drawing Explorer Window.” Right-click the file name from the Drawing Explorer window and then click “Protect Document.” Uncheck the box next to “Shapes” from the Protect Document window. Click “OK” to save your changes.

What is an Working with layers with diagram?

Layers add structure and organisation to your diagrams. When you interact with a complex diagram, to display or hide its various layers, you can understand them more easily. Note: Each shape or connector (or group) can only be placed on one layer – it can’t belong to multiple layers.

How do I assign a macro to a button in Visio?

Click File > Options > Quick Access Toolbar. In the Choose commands from list, click Macros. Select the macro you want to assign a button to. Click Add to move the macro to the list of buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar.

How do I customize the ribbon in Visio?

The Ribbon can be customized just like the Quick Access Toolbar but to do so, you need to navigate to the File menu and click Options. Then click Customize Ribbon. You can select the tabs that you wish to display on the workspace.

What are layer properties in Visio?

The Layer Properties dialog box allows to change the properties of individual layers. It comprises of several checkboxes such as Name, #, Visible, Print, Active, Lock, Snap, Glue, and Color.

Can you add layers in Visio?

Is there a way to hide a shape in Visio?

There is no Visible property on a shape. However, you can add shapes you want to hide to a layer and then turn the layer visibility to off. This would be equivalent to what you are asking for. One of the first articles on my website dealt with the many different ways to hide shapes in Visio.

Where do I find the layer properties in Visio?

View > Layer Properties will show you the layer settings on the active Visio page, but the # column, which gives you a count of shapes on each layer, can be misleading because the same shape can be on multiple layers, and even sub-shapes (those inside a grouped shape) are counted.

Where to post code segments for Visio shapesheet?

If you do not find what you want, post a message to the Visio VBA newsgroup microsoft.public.visio.developer.vba If you would like to contribute a code segment, also post it to the Visio VBA newsgroup. The information dealing with changes to a Visio shapesheet has been moved to a new webpage called “ShapeSheet Dev”.

How to change the active page in Visio shapesheet?

The information dealing with changes to a Visio shapesheet has been moved to a new webpage called “ShapeSheet Dev”. Set Active Page:How to set the Active Page. When you need to select shapes on a non-active page you can change the ActivePage through automation by: ActiveWindow.Page = visDocument.Pages(iPagCtr).Name

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