Two flowchart questions: connectors, Zooming to a view

[ben h]

Hi,
Both questions relate to V2003.

First question: is there a way to have an automatic shape connector? To
explain... Once turned on, the auto connector would add connectors from
each shape dropped on the drawing to the previous shape dropped (of
course this wouldn't apply to the first one)

Second: Using on-page references (perhaps in the double-click action),
is there a way to set a 'Zoom' or a 'View' to another shape on the same
page?

cheers, ben

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Yes, you can automatically connect shapes using the Connector Tool in Visio
2003. Switch to the Connector Tool and select a shape on the drawing. Then
drag a new shape from the Shapes Window. Visio will add a connector between
the selected shape and the new shape. Since the new shape now becomes
selected, you can keep adding more connected shapes as you go.

This functionality is made even simpler in Visio 2007 with the AutoConnect
feature. There you do not have to switch the the Connector Tool at all.
You can drag shapes onto the AutoConnect arrows that appear near existing
shapes, or you can just click the AutoConnect arrow to add the master shape
currently selected in the stencil.

You can also use Hyperlinks to link to a shape on the same page (or another
page) and specify a zoom level. First, select your target shape and choose
Format > Special to find out its ID. (You need to be in Developer Mode to
see this in Visio 2007.) Then select your trigger shape and choose Insert >
Hyperlinks. Click the Browse button next to the Sub-address field. Fill in
the Page, Shape and Zoom values. To fill in the Shape value enter the
string "Sheet.3" (leave out the quotes) substituting your target shape's ID
for the number "3".

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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[ben h]

Yes, you can automatically connect shapes using the Connector Tool in Visio
2003.

You can also use Hyperlinks to link to a shape on the same page (or another
page) and specify a zoom level.

Brilliant, thanks, that's it exactly!