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Questions tagged [microsoft-visio-2007]

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Microsoft Visio branching connectors

In Visio 2007, how would you use a connector as a data bus to reach multiple shapes? From what I've read, there is no branching connector. You have to use multiple connectors and that is really messy. For example, this is the only way I know how to…
O_O
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Parameters of operations in Visio's Class diagram

I am drawing a Class diagram in Visio. In the operations part of a class, I would like to show the parameters. For example: doMethod(String hi): void. But I don't know how to set the parameters. Can anyone please suggest a way?
Freakyuser
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Visio: Create tables

What's the easiest way to create tables in visio or at least be able to copy them as tables from Excel?
dassouki
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Visio 2007: How do I prevent connectors from snapping to the center of shapes?

I am working on a very tight diagram and the connectors keep on snapping to the center of boxes and circles when I want them to connect somewhere else. There seems to be a threshold where if you are close enough to the center, it automatically snaps…
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How to specify a List as a “Return Type” for a UML Interface Property

I initially posted this question in Stack Overflow, but I have a feeling that I should have posted here instead. In my Visio 2007 UML document I am unable to figure out how I can add an operation to an Interface that returns a generic…
Jed
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crows foot notation in Visio 2007

I'm using the standard Database Model Diagram template in Visio 2007. When I try to connect two entities, the line is a "one and only one" type. I need a "zero or more" type, but no amount of line editing will change the line. Is this a bug? The…
Robert Brown
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Can't resize Component Shape in MS Visio 2007

How can I re-size the Component Shape in MS Visio 2007? I know that I can resize it by grabbing the corners but it appears to be locked.
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Turn off Snap and Glue in MS Visio 2007 permanently

Every time I create new drawing document in Microsoft Visio 2007, drawing options "Snap" and "Glue" are turned on by default. I find both of them particularly annoying, so every time I create a new drawing I open "main menu -> Tools -> Snap & Glue"…
Mikhail Kupchik
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Microsoft Visio 2007 crashing

Whenever I edit an existing project in Microsoft Visio it crashes. I have noticed it crashing specifically when I edit text. Is this a known problem with a workaround? UPDATE: I am running Windows 7 with Office 2010, except for MS Project and MS…
Pieter van Niekerk
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How to get rid of light border around inserted images in Microsoft Visio?

When inserting a raster PNG image into Microsoft Visio 2007, it tries to make it smoother by interpolating pixel colors. It seems like Visio interpolates border pixels with white as if image was surrounded by white border. Since the image was…
Sergiy Belozorov
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Shapes references for Visio 2007

I'm using Visio 2007. Actually, I'm new to it. I'm neither an employee nor using it official purposes. I need draw some diagrams and Viso suits best for my purpose. Problem is I don't know which shapes lie in which category. If I can have a…
claws
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Can Visio background pages set foreground-page margins?

Question: Is there any way to automatically set the margins of a foreground page in Visio 2007 to the margins of the corresponding background page? Situation: My Visio 2007 document has a portrait background page and a landscape background page. …
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How to enable snapping when moving multiple objects in Visio?

I have the following problem: I'm using Visio to design tiling patterns and have a problem when copying tile groups. I can make individual tiles snap together well (all my tiles are polygons drawn with the line tool with inward & outward connection…
Alexey
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Method or Variable type is Collections in Visio's Class diagram

I am drawing a class diagram currently, in which there are variables of 'Collections' type and also methods that return 'Collections'. I am unable to find any Collections type from the list given in it. I am currently using Visio 2007. For…
Freakyuser
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Display primary : foreign key relationships in Visio database diagram

I've created a Database Model relationship diagram in Visio with tables and relationships. However, I can't find any way to automatically display the Primary Key :: Foreign Key relationship in the diagram. The only workaround I can find is to…
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