How do I re-enable preview of objects being dragged?

[Russ]

I've always liked that, if you wait a few seconds, Visio shows you the
objects you are dragging as you drag them. recently this feature has
disappeared with my Visio and all I get now is a single rubberband box
showing the outer bounds of what I am dragging. I can't find out how to turn
it back on and I've spent a while searching.

How do I turn this great feature back on??

I'm using Visio 2002.

Thanks,
Russ

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Visio does a performance test to determine whether the object you are
dragging can be shown as a live preview or as a box. If Visio detects that
the responsiveness is too slow, it falls back to the simple box. In Visio
2002, once this happens any future drags automatically use the simple box.
You should be able to restart Visio to reset the behavior. In Visio 2003,
performance is checked throughout the Visio session, so the live preview
will return more frequently.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[jcsprankle]

Hi Mark. Thanks for the reply since this is my question to. I have a follow
up: Your response implied that the drag preview was always turned on if
there was enough processing power to do it. However, that doesn't synch with
my experience.

I run Visio 2003 on two laptops. The older one has a P4-733MHz CPU and
500MB of memory. I always get previews when I move an object regardless of
how complex the object is. On my newer laptop, a P4-1.8GHz PC with 1GB of
memory, I never get previews.

Are you sure there isn't a setting somewhere? If not, is there a way to
"prioritize" Visio so I get the previews?

Thanks!