Visio 2003 Shape - cannot change height

[Jean]

I have taken ownership of a Visio drawing that I did not create. There is a
very large rectangular box with text in it. When I type, the text will
autofit in height. When I delete text, the box will autofit in height. I
can manually drag a handle to make the box wider, but I cannot manually make
it taller with the handles. I checked Format/Protection, and nothing is
checked. This same situation is happening with this object using Visio 2007.
Any suggestions to allow me to manually make the box taller?? Thanks.

 

[Paul Herber]

I have taken ownership of a Visio drawing that I did not create. There is a
very large rectangular box with text in it. When I type, the text will
autofit in height. When I delete text, the box will autofit in height. I
can manually drag a handle to make the box wider, but I cannot manually make
it taller with the handles. I checked Format/Protection, and nothing is
checked. This same situation is happening with this object using Visio 2007.
Any suggestions to allow me to manually make the box taller?? Thanks.

The height of the shape is being calculated and set from the height of
the shape's text. You could just add some empty lines above and below
the text to make the box larger.

Or menu Format -> Behavior
and ensure the Show shape handles
is ticked
Now menu Window -> Show shapesheet
and in the height cell enter the required height.