Monday, June 30, 2008

Visio Tip - Making controls the same size

A commom problem in Visio is how to make your controls the same size, or to align them properly. Many of us have become addicted to the tools that Visual Studio provides for this functionality. Visio does not provide the same tools, but I did find an easy workaround: use “snap“ more efficiently.

1. Under Tools - Snap & Glue, uncheck all of the “Snap to” options other than “Grid.”

2. Under Tools - Ruler & Grid, set your Horizontal and Vertical Grid spacing to both be “Normal.”

This gives you significantly more control to visually line up your controls and to make them the same size. Its still not as cool or easy to use as what you get with Visual Studio, but it's a start.

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