Text in backgrounds

[AnasFriend]

I have custom title blocks that appear on every page of a large visio
document. Is there anyway format the background, so you can type directly
into the background shapes on all of the pages? I know I can create a
stencil master for the title block, but then I have to position it on every
page, etc., etc., etc...

Thanks!

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Let me introduce one of my favourite features, the background page.

You can place anything on a background page and then attach the background
page to a foreground page. The background page reflects information about
the background page it is attached to. So if you use Insert Field to add
information to a background page, the page name, page number are based on
the foreground page that the background page is attached to.

John... Visio MVP

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[Katy B.]

John,
After you make and use a background page to put the same title block and
other stuff on all pages of the drawing, how to you keep the background page
from being visible as a separate tab/page in the drawing file?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to do it. You can do it in code, but
then you can no longer select the page in the Page Setup.

The only good news is that all the background pages are together on the
right (the last tabs).

John... Visio MVP

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