What shape is it?

[Thief_]

Visio2003

I have a number of drawings I need to add to, but I do not know what shapes
the original author used. Is there any way to tell so I can find the shapes
in the stencils?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

When shapes are used in a drawing, a copy of the shape is stored in the
document stencil. The document stencil is not a seperate file, but part of
the drawing file. If you open the document stencil, you will see the shapes
the original creator used. The icon for the document stencil, on the Stencil
toolbar, is a white page with the upper left hand corner turned down and the
white page rolled up from the bottom left corner exposing a green
background.

John... Visio MVP

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[David Parker [Visio MVP]]

Also, if you select a shape, the Format/Special, you will see the name of
the master (if any) that was used.
There is no way of discovering the original stencil name though.