How to set default style on shapes?

[Joey]

I want to be able to set a default style for a document, so that when I drag
in a shape from the left, it will automatically be that style WITHOUT me
having to add them all and then CHANGE the style after the fact.

This is really annoying.

 

[Chris Roth [MVP]]

Hi Jory,

You can re-define styles that are already in a document, but you can't
automatically assign a style on drop...without code or ShapeSheet trickery.

So if you know which styles your shapes have ahead of time (say, for
example: Normal, J-Style, Connector), then you could

1. Make sure these styles exist in your template's document
2. Pre-edit these styles (Format > Define Styles)

If you're using some of the standard Visio diagrams, like Flowchart and
Orgchart, then the color schemes help this considerably. Simply right-click
on the page and choose Color Schemes... to edit the look of your diagram in
one easy step. You could pre-edit the color scheme in your template. (Tools

Run Add-on also to run Color Schemes)

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP

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