Text inserting in Shapes

[Cooper#4]

Is there are shapes in visio that text can be inserted in the top and bottom
of the shape (in two locations). I see shapes that appear to have space for
two sections but I can not insert text into both locations - it only allows
text in one slot or the other but not both. Is there a specific shape or a
trick to changing the characteristics of a shape to allow for a shape to
enter text in two locations?

 

[David Parker]

Any Visio shape can have a single text block
A shape can be a group of other shapes
A text block can be edited to be a different size and rotation to the
bounding rectangle of the shape it is part of (use the Text Block tool)

Therefore, you can achieve what you want by drawing two rectangles and
grouping them.
You can then sub-select each rectangle to add text to it.
This would actually create three shapes - the group shape and two sub
shapes. You could be more efficient by creating one rectangle and just
grouping it, because 2 shapes would be created, however, you would then need
to edit the text blocks to get the effect you want.

Of course, you could turn the lines off if you want....

Visio is extremely flexible.