Re: Selecting Lines not Shapes ... how?

From: Mark Nelson [MS] (marknel_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/05/04

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    I'd really like to see some confirmation that any selection feature was
    removed from the product. I've been using Visio since 2.0 and I'm not aware
    of any such cut. I do know that the Select Special dialog was expanded to
    include more options a few releases back. Anyone want to check an old Visio
    4.0, or do I have to dig my copy out of the attic? 

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Mark Nelson
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"Randall Arnold" <rgarnold@cathartis.com_> wrote in message
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> Folks that have done this a while tend to create standard layers that
depend
> on what they're doing.  For example, in facility layouts, that could be
> Walls, Electrical, Plumbing, etc.  I'm sure you'll come up with a layering
> scheme that will become second nature after awhile.
>
> I can't address the feature removal.  Some of the decisions mystify me as
> well.
>
> Randall Arnold
>
> "Rob Schneider" <rmschne@removetheones_b1e1e1b.net.net> wrote in message
> news:eKZ9R6aMEHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Layers is a solution suggested, and this is what I will learn how to do.
> > Changing masters is not necessarily the way as these particular ones
(the
> > one where I discovered this reduced fuctionality of Microsoft Viso vs.
> > Shapeware Viso) they are text boxes which are of varying size simply
> > because of the text formatting/wrapping/resizing ... I didn't know how
big
> > to make them until I had loaded them all with text.
> >
> > The observation, at the start of this thread, is that in previous
versions
> > of Visio by the original developer (Shapeware) had the ability to
> > selectively select objects, say "select all lines", "select all shapes",
> > etc.  Microsoft's version of Vision has removed this.  I don't know why.
> > I'm curious, but it does no really matter since they have done it,
> > apparently.  It would be nice if they could put it back.
> >
> > Meantime, I guess I will learn about layers.  I think that too
complicated
> > since I don't want to have to think about which layer to put stuff on as
I
> > create it, but if that's how it works, that's how it works.
> >
> > Hope this is useful to you.  Let us know.
> >
> > rms
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Reinier Post wrote:
> >> Rob Schneider  wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I know.  The trick is to "select" them--the essence of my question.
> >>>
> >>>I have about 56 shapes on one page, along with probably 100-150 lines.
I
> >>>want to "select all shapes" at once with the a selection function that
> >>>allows to select just the shapes, not the lines.  I want to avoid
> >>>clicking on 56 shapes (leads to mistakes, wasted time, and
wear-and-tear
> >>>on wrist ... that's what computers are for).  Once selected, I want to
> >>>adjust them to a common size and line weight without affecting other
> >>>unselected objects, e.g. lines.
> >>
> >>
> >> Put them in layers, or change their masters in the document stencil?
> >>
>
>
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