Swim Lane Titles

[rjvega]

I have two questions regarding swim lanes.

1. Is it possible to freeze the panes such that when I scroll right, I can
see what lane I'm in?

2. Is it possible to set it up so that when I print the document, the
titles of the swim lanes will print on each page?

 

[Barb Way]

1. There is no automatic 'locking' mechanism like Freeze for the headings
in Visio, such as there is in Excel.
However, you can do some things manually that may help, such as add a
semi-transparent color to the swim lane to make it easier to know which one
you are dropping shapes onto. Also, you can open a second window for your
drawing page, and tile them. Zoom into one and work in detail, while the
other shows the overall page, for instance.

2. If you Insert a new drawing page, you are automatically prompted to copy
the functional bands to the new page. If you choose OK, then your new page
will have the same headers (and colors) as the first page. For existing
drawings, of course, this option is not as helpful - but you might choose
to rearrange the drawing onto multiple pages and use the Off-page
references to keep synced up.


Barb Way
Product Support - Visio
Microsoft Corporation
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