Visio Flowchart Change Shape
Visio provides several shapes that are resized automatically based on their text.
Visio flowchart change shape. From the cross functional flowchart shapes stencil select more shapes flowchart. Resize a locked shape. Whatever tool you are using such as text block or connection point press esc several times to return to the pointer tool except in visio. You can change shapes in visio 2013 because that version of visio finally provides a long awaited change shape feature.
Some shapes and layers might be locked so that they cannot be resized. The commands in the tools group on the home tab put visio into a different state or mode which admittedly can be confusing sometimes. Drag another swimlane shape near the first one releasing it when you see the connection indicator. However you can unlock them.
In the shapes window in the cross functional flowchart shapes stencil drag a swimlane shape either horizontal or vertical onto an empty area of the diagram. In metric drawings 2 centimeters might represent 1 meter. In visio you can replace any existing shape with an entirely different shape and yet retain all of the original shape s key characteristics position connections formatting shape text and shape data. Any text you type onto the shape or information you add to its shape data remains with the shape.
You can change the drawing scale in any visio drawing. In your diagram select the shape or shapes you want to replace. The new shapes retain the position connections formatting shape text and or shape data of the originals. Process decision document or data.
Drag a swimlane shape onto the drawing page. To change the label double click the bar. The new visio introduces a change shape feature that enables you to swap out a selected shape or group of shapes in the drawing with another type of shape. To use these shapes on the insert tab click callouts and then choose from the callout shapes shown.
Btw there is also a change shape button in the editing group on the home tab. Right click the shape and then click the change shape button on the mini toolbar the candidate shapes that appear are the shapes from the current stencil. Use the keyboard to conveniently switch between the pointer tool press ctrl 1 and connector press ctrl 3 tools. For instruction in adding a stencil see add a stencil to a template in visio.
Resize shapes based on text. Each new swimlane comes with a label bar which says function by default.