Aligning dimensions in Visio 3

[duffsparky]

I've been trying to align several dimension markers across a building drawing
using the keyboard [Shift+Up, Down, Left or Right buttons], this should allow
me to inch the detail once selected.

Whenever I use the, Shift+Down keys the drawing image shifts towards the
bottom of the page, or Shift+left keys the drawing image shifts towards the
Left. This means I can only do the alignment from below and up and from left
to right.

Anybody got a solution to this

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The nudge feature was added to VIsio in Visio 4. Before that, there was an
Add-on that gave you the nudge functionality. I think it may still be found
on the CompuServe forums. There is no longer a Visio forum, but the files
were added to the Office forum.

John... Visio MVP

 

[duffsparky]

Hi John,
Thanks for the reply.

It's the nudge feature that I am using, only didn't describe it that way; it
came as part of Visio 3 Standard 2003 SP2 (11.5509.8107).

From the Visio Help option:-
---------------[Nudge a shape into position
Select the shape that you want to nudge into position.
Do one of the following:
To move a shape to the next position to which it can snap, press an arrow key.
If there is no position to which the shape can snap, pressing an arrow key
moves the shape a single tick on the ruler.

To move the shape one pixel, hold down SHIFT while pressing an arrow key.
Note If pressing an arrow key scrolls your drawing instead of moving a
shape, make sure the SCROLL LOCK key is not pressed.]--------------

The problem is similar to what you get if the SCROLL LOCK key were pressed
as well as Shift+Down, only the amount of scroll is a lot more; like one side
of the page to the other.

The problem seems to go away if I close the Visio then restart it.

Regards. Glenn.

The nudge feature was added to VIsio in Visio 4. Before that, there was an
Add-on that gave you the nudge functionality. I think it may still be found
on the CompuServe forums. There is no longer a Visio forum, but the files
were added to the Office forum.

John... Visio MVP

I've been trying to align several dimension markers across a building
drawing
using the keyboard [Shift+Up, Down, Left or Right buttons], this should
allow
me to inch the detail once selected.

Whenever I use the, Shift+Down keys the drawing image shifts towards the
bottom of the page, or Shift+left keys the drawing image shifts towards
the
Left. This means I can only do the alignment from below and up and from
left
to right.

Anybody got a solution to this

 

[Doug.S]

If you remove/uncheck/"raise 'snap' button", then do your nudges, they will
work OK.

With "snap" "on", nudges sometime "jump" to a snap location

Doug.S

Hi John,
Thanks for the reply.

It's the nudge feature that I am using, only didn't describe it that way;
it
came as part of Visio 3 Standard 2003 SP2 (11.5509.8107).

From the Visio Help option:-
---------------[Nudge a shape into position
Select the shape that you want to nudge into position.
Do one of the following:
To move a shape to the next position to which it can snap, press an arrow
key.
If there is no position to which the shape can snap, pressing an arrow key
moves the shape a single tick on the ruler.

To move the shape one pixel, hold down SHIFT while pressing an arrow key.
Note If pressing an arrow key scrolls your drawing instead of moving a
shape, make sure the SCROLL LOCK key is not pressed.]--------------

The problem is similar to what you get if the SCROLL LOCK key were pressed
as well as Shift+Down, only the amount of scroll is a lot more; like one
side
of the page to the other.

The problem seems to go away if I close the Visio then restart it.

Regards. Glenn.

The nudge feature was added to VIsio in Visio 4. Before that, there was
an
Add-on that gave you the nudge functionality. I think it may still be
found
on the CompuServe forums. There is no longer a Visio forum, but the files
were added to the Office forum.

John... Visio MVP

I've been trying to align several dimension markers across a building
drawing
using the keyboard [Shift+Up, Down, Left or Right buttons], this should
allow
me to inch the detail once selected.

Whenever I use the, Shift+Down keys the drawing image shifts towards
the
bottom of the page, or Shift+left keys the drawing image shifts towards
the
Left. This means I can only do the alignment from below and up and from
left
to right.

Anybody got a solution to this

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

You threw me by mentioning Visio 3. It's been more than a decade since that
version was released.

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Hi John,
Thanks for the reply.

It's the nudge feature that I am using, only didn't describe it that way;
it
came as part of Visio 3 Standard 2003 SP2 (11.5509.8107).

From the Visio Help option:-
---------------[Nudge a shape into position
Select the shape that you want to nudge into position.
Do one of the following:
To move a shape to the next position to which it can snap, press an arrow
key.
If there is no position to which the shape can snap, pressing an arrow key
moves the shape a single tick on the ruler.

To move the shape one pixel, hold down SHIFT while pressing an arrow key.
Note If pressing an arrow key scrolls your drawing instead of moving a
shape, make sure the SCROLL LOCK key is not pressed.]--------------

The problem is similar to what you get if the SCROLL LOCK key were pressed
as well as Shift+Down, only the amount of scroll is a lot more; like one
side
of the page to the other.

The problem seems to go away if I close the Visio then restart it.

Regards. Glenn.

The nudge feature was added to VIsio in Visio 4. Before that, there was
an
Add-on that gave you the nudge functionality. I think it may still be
found
on the CompuServe forums. There is no longer a Visio forum, but the files
were added to the Office forum.

John... Visio MVP

I've been trying to align several dimension markers across a building
drawing
using the keyboard [Shift+Up, Down, Left or Right buttons], this should
allow
me to inch the detail once selected.

Whenever I use the, Shift+Down keys the drawing image shifts towards
the
bottom of the page, or Shift+left keys the drawing image shifts towards
the
Left. This means I can only do the alignment from below and up and from
left
to right.

Anybody got a solution to this