stencil

[Sanjay]

I have my own stencil with shapes from the built-in stencils. I take a
Process box from one of the built-in stencils into my diagram and add text
'Process' into it. I then insert it into my stencil. Visio automatically
names it like 'Master.....' I rename it to Process (which is the same as the
text within the shape). The shape name gets saved. When I place this shape
into a diagram the 'Process' text inside it doesn't display even though it
shows in the stencil.
If I name the shape to anything other than 'Process' it works fine ie.when
dragged into a diag. the text within the shape is displayed.
It seems asthough the text within a shape and the name of the shape cannot
be the same. Is this a bug?
Sanjay

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

It sounds like you are dragging your modified Process shape into the
drawing, but you are getting the built-in version. That would indicate that
you have the Match Master by Name property set on your master.

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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