How do I get text to fit within the shape?

[bkruse59]

One would think that if you put a shape on a page and typed text into it, the
text would conform to the shape of the object. My experience with Visio and
Word is that text insists on flowing into a rectangle which either spills
over the shape boundaries or limits you to a very small inscribed rectangle
within the shape. Is there some setting I have overlooked for this? Surely I
can't be the only person who wants to fill up a shape with text.

 

[Paul Herber]

One would think that if you put a shape on a page and typed text into it, the
text would conform to the shape of the object. My experience with Visio and
Word is that text insists on flowing into a rectangle which either spills
over the shape boundaries or limits you to a very small inscribed rectangle
within the shape. Is there some setting I have overlooked for this? Surely I
can't be the only person who wants to fill up a shape with text.

Look at the shape's Texttransform section in the shapesheet.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Basic Visio shapes have a fixed height and width. You need to make the
height dependant on the text entered. Take a look at this article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarvisio/html/autosizeshape.asp

John... Visio MVP

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[Doug.S]

Thanks for the link.
I am not a programmer nor have never revised a shapesheet since Visio 1.0.

Is there a shape available to search for and download that does this? If so
what stencil or what name do I search for?

Doug.S

 

[Doug.S]

I did a stencil/shape search from Visio 2003 for "text" and found auto sizing
rectangular shape; I'll use this one a lot!