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Jonathan Sachs
I'm studying Visio (currently with Visio 2000 Professional) and I just
learned how to use layers. Two things about them don't make sense:
when no layer is active, where do new elements go, and when are
elements moved from one layer to another?
My drawing has three layers named Comments (created by me as an
exercise), Connector (presumably created by Visio when I created the
drawing), and Flowchart (the same). All of the drawing's shapes,
which I created before learning about layers, disappear when I disable
"visible" for the Flowchart layer. Similarly, all of the connectors
disappear when I disable "visible" for the Connector layer. Some
text-only objects which I created with the Comments layer active
disappear when I disable that layer.
So far, so good. It appears that when no layer is active, shapes go
into the Flowchart layer and connectors go into the Connector layer.
This makes sense.
But then I created a text-only shape with no layer active, and it
remained visible when I disabled "visible" for ALL of the layers.
Apparently this shape was not in any layer.
Then I created a new flowchart shape with no layer active, and when I
disabled "visible" for the Flowchart layer, it AND the text-only shape
disappeared. Apparently creating this shape not only put the shape in
the Flowchart layer, but also moved the text-only shape with it.
The drawing also has a line with text and a group with text, both
created before I did anything with layers, and these remained visible
when all layers were made invisible, and they still do. Apparently
these objects were also created in no layer, and remained there when
the text-only shape was moved to the Flowchart layer.
What is the logic here? I don't see a pattern that makes any sense.
learned how to use layers. Two things about them don't make sense:
when no layer is active, where do new elements go, and when are
elements moved from one layer to another?
My drawing has three layers named Comments (created by me as an
exercise), Connector (presumably created by Visio when I created the
drawing), and Flowchart (the same). All of the drawing's shapes,
which I created before learning about layers, disappear when I disable
"visible" for the Flowchart layer. Similarly, all of the connectors
disappear when I disable "visible" for the Connector layer. Some
text-only objects which I created with the Comments layer active
disappear when I disable that layer.
So far, so good. It appears that when no layer is active, shapes go
into the Flowchart layer and connectors go into the Connector layer.
This makes sense.
But then I created a text-only shape with no layer active, and it
remained visible when I disabled "visible" for ALL of the layers.
Apparently this shape was not in any layer.
Then I created a new flowchart shape with no layer active, and when I
disabled "visible" for the Flowchart layer, it AND the text-only shape
disappeared. Apparently creating this shape not only put the shape in
the Flowchart layer, but also moved the text-only shape with it.
The drawing also has a line with text and a group with text, both
created before I did anything with layers, and these remained visible
when all layers were made invisible, and they still do. Apparently
these objects were also created in no layer, and remained there when
the text-only shape was moved to the Flowchart layer.
What is the logic here? I don't see a pattern that makes any sense.