drawing snapshot

[ctrax]

can visio take a snapshot section of a larger drawing.

 

[Paul Herber]

can visio take a snapshot section of a larger drawing.

the answer could be yes or no, depends what you are trying to do.
Could you explain what you want.

 

[ctrax]

the answer could be yes or no, depends what you are trying to do.
Could you explain what you want.

in the group tool , a section of the drawing it highlights. in that
highlight area wall shapes etc are outside of group area. what i need is just
the section highlight as in a group action. or just if i put a cookie cutter
on a paper drawing and cut out that section.
thanks paul
ctrax

 

[Chris Roth [Visio MVP]]

Hi Ctrax,

Here's one trick that I sometimes use.

You'll lose the smart-capabilities of your snapshot area, but it gets
the job done.

Select (highlight) all the shapes that you need, including those that
partially stick out of your snapshot ares.

Copy them to the clipboard (Ctrl+C)

Edit > Paste Special > ...as Metafile or Enhanced Metafile.

Now you have an object that you can crop to, say, get rid of the walls.
This object is a vector object, so it will print and scale nicely, but
you've lost the Visio-ness of it. You can't interact with the shapes at all.

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


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[ctrax]

chris
works great thanks for the help.
ctrax

Hi Ctrax,

Here's one trick that I sometimes use.

You'll lose the smart-capabilities of your snapshot area, but it gets
the job done.

Select (highlight) all the shapes that you need, including those that
partially stick out of your snapshot ares.

Copy them to the clipboard (Ctrl+C)

Edit > Paste Special > ...as Metafile or Enhanced Metafile.

Now you have an object that you can crop to, say, get rid of the walls.
This object is a vector object, so it will print and scale nicely, but
you've lost the Visio-ness of it. You can't interact with the shapes at all.

--
Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


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http://www.msvisioconference.com/

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