Re: Keys for use in brainstorming?

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:56:02 -0700, Kevin
<Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm very use to creating mindmaps using XMind Pro and Freemind, and would
like to give Visio 2007 Pro a try since it appears that the brainstorming
template is relatively decent. My biggest hang-up with it so far is the
apparent lack of keyboard shortcuts for creating sub-topics, peers, etc. For
example, in XMind I can quickly add peers simply by pressing Enter, and
create a sub-topic by pressing Tab. It all flows very smoothly and easily.

In Visio, I'm finding it very inefficient to constantly jump back and forth
between the keyboard and mouse to click icons or choose menu items just to
add items. Yes, I'm aware of the "add multiple sub-topics" option, but that's
a very poor alternative. Does anyone know of any shortcut keys to use for
this template?

Look at recording a macro.
menu Tools -> Macros -> Record New Macro
You will be asked for a Control-<letter> key. Some letters won't work
as they are used for other purposes i.e. Control-A won't work as that
does select-all.


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Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
http://www.sdl.sandrila.co.uk/ SDL/MSC//URN/UML2 for Visio
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