Menus in Visio

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Menus

The menu bars behave similarly to the toolbars in that different menus appear depending on what area of Visio you are in. However, unlike the toolbars that are size sensitive, all items in the menu bar remain on the screen regardless of the screen size.

The Visio menu bar is consistent with MS Office and is not size-sensitive like toolbars.

There are 8 Menu bar menus...

No document
Drawing (Main)
Stencil (Read/Write)
ShapeSheet
Icon Editor
In Place
Print Preview
Text

Menus - Short Cuts
Short cut menus provide a fast way of executing commands without having to move the cursor to the menu bars at the top of the page. Visio offers 11 different short cut menus depending on where you are in the program. They can be obtained by right clicking the mouse.

Selected object shortcut menu
Select a shape and then right click you mouse to display a menu shortcut.

There are 11 Right Click (Shortcut) menus...

Drawing Window
Selected Object
Selected OLE Object
No Selected Object
In Place No Object Selected
Text Edit
Stencil Read Only
ShapeSheet
Toolbar
Binder In Place
Stencil Read/Write
Stencil Docked

Experiment with the right mouse button. You might be surprised how much time you can save using it.

The Visio Basics tutorial is based on training material devised, created and delivered by Visimation.

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