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Old 07-19-2007, 02:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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At risk of asking another bonehead question...
I have proceeded to the place where I can change the logo in the Landscape Title Frame. I would also like to make the title column a little narrower and the large rectangle a little wider. I can't seem to make any changes to it. Is there some kind of protection I need to change? I couldn't find anything.
The only success I have is to draw a new rectangle and remove the old one.
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Old 07-19-2007, 05:21 AM   #2 (permalink)
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At risk of asking another bonehead question...
I have proceeded to the place where I can change the logo in the Landscape Title Frame. I would also like to make the title column a little narrower and the large rectangle a little wider. I can't seem to make any changes to it. Is there some kind of protection I need to change? I couldn't find anything.
The only success I have is to draw a new rectangle and remove the old one.
Thoughts?
What you want to modify is protected in the ShapeSheet.
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I figured that. I just can't find where to change the protection. When I open the title frame, right clink on the rectangle element and select Format:Protection, none of the items are selected. Is there another place that handles protection?
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I figured that. I just can't find where to change the protection. When I open the title frame, right clink on the rectangle element and select Format:Protection, none of the items are selected. Is there another place that handles protection?
Yes, the ShapeSheet. If you don't have experience with editing a shape's ShapeSheet, I recommend you familiarize yourself with it through books, tutorials, whitepapers, forums, trial and error, etc. DO NOT learn using a master shape. Make a copy if you want something to play with. That way, if you goof it up it won't matter. The ShapeSheet is available in Visio Pro.
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I should probably get a Visio programming book myself, but here's what I've learned from much "trial and error" w/ the Shape Sheet:

1.) Open Shape Sheet for a specific shape/object by selecting it and going to Window -> Show ShapeSheet.
2.) The only values you need to pay attention to (w/ the exeption of modifying text size) is in the "Shape Transform" section at the top.
3.) "Width" and "Height" are page size-dependent formulas. That is, width might equal page width (ie. 22" for C Size) *0.9. This is so that the object will occupy the same % of the page size no matter whether you make a C, D or E Size drawing (SI uses different title frames for A & B).
4.) "PinX" and "PinY" determine the object's x,y position on the page.

This is a good start that should get you in lots of trouble. As you play around w/ the above fields keep in mind NOT to jack w/ the equations....only modify the integers (ie. "=Page.5!Width*0.93-(0.5 in.....)". Also, if any of the fields start w/ the word "GUARD" that means that property is unchangeable on the drawing page. Usually "Width" and "PinX" are protected this way, but you can temporarily delete the word from the ShapeSheet so you can move/resize the drawing object.

**Here's a great resource I found on Microsoft's Developer Center that explains the ShapeSheet: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ffice.10).aspx

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I've just gotten SI5 and now my Landscape Title Frame no longer has the company logo, just the D-tools logo. I can't select the Title Frame on the page to edit the shapesheet. How can I use the standard 24X36 Landscape Title frame, but with my companys logo? Please help... this is driving me crazy and no one at D-Tools will help me.
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Yea, the title frame in SI5 is new and improved and need to be re edited. Go to the Nav help section and find the Title Frame section and follow those instructions. Also the SI5 title frame has to be named "Smart Frame L-scape" w/o the quotes in order to be automatically inserted in new SI5 drawings.
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Bulleitb, that's some quality help you just got.

I did have a client tell me they could not edit page name and number by right clicking the title frame. He has Visio 2003 and I have Visio 2007.
It works fine for me and he may have trashed his master title frame stencil.
Has anyone using Visio 2003 had trouble with editing the page # and name?
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For more info on this subject see my new thread:
http://d-tools.us/showthread.php?p=7708#post7708
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I did have a client tell me they could not edit page name and number by right clicking the title frame. He has Visio 2003 and I have Visio 2007.
It works fine for me and he may have trashed his master title frame stencil.
Has anyone using Visio 2003 had trouble with editing the page # and name?
Are you talking about right clicking on the title frame on the Background Title Page tab or one of the View tabs? I cannot select the title frame on the View tab pages, but that is where I want to be able to edit the page # and name, or even the blank frame below the page number. Is this possible?
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