opening a new document w/ a custom stencil open

[Lighthouse]

I have created a custom stencil for users in my workgroup and saved the
file to a network directory. Currently, to use it we do
FILE>SHAPES>OPEN STENCIL and navigate to the file. I'd like to make
this more transparent.

What I'd like to do is have something where the user does FILE>NEW and
when I get the "Choose New Drawing Type" I'd like to insert my custom
'templates' (not sure if that's the right term in Visio) and when the
user selects one of those it opens the editing window w/ my custom
stencils already loaded. IOW, I want it to work just like one of the
existing drawing types: If I choose to a "Flowchart" drawing type I get
an editing window w/ Flowchart-related stencils already loaded in the
"Shapes" panel.

How can I customize that? TIA

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

You can save the drawing as a template thtat includes the stencil

John... Visio MVP

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