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Friday, June 20, 2008

Microsoft Visio Shortcuts

  1. Getting around your diagram
    Zoom in (Ctrl + Shift + Left-click or Ctrl + Mouse wheel up)
    Zoom out (Ctrl + Shift + Right-click or Ctrl + Mouse wheel down)
    Zoom to selection (Ctrl + Shift + Left mouse drag)
    Zoom to whole page (Ctrl + W)
    Pan (Ctrl + Shift + Right mouse drag), Pan right (Shift + Mouse wheel up), Pan left (Shift + Mouse wheel down)
  2. Select, add text, and connect your shapes, as easy as 1-2-3!
    Pointer tool (Ctrl + 1)
    Text tool (Ctrl + 2)
    Connector tool (Ctrl +3) (Note that if the Connector tool is selected and a shape is selected, dropping a new shape adds it connected to the first one)
  3. Layout and layering of shapes
    Bring to front (Ctrl + Shift + F)
    Send to back (Ctrl + Shift + B)
    Group (Ctrl + Shift + G)
    Ungroup (Ctrl +Shift + U)
    Align Shapes (F8)
    Align shape to original X or Y axis when moving shape (Shift + Mouse drag)
    Nudge shape (Shift + ←,↑,→,↓)
  4. Duplicating selected shape
    Copy (Ctrl + C), then paste (Ctrl + V), or
    Ctrl + mouse drag selected shape to duplicate (Tip: you can also hold Shift to align the duplicated shape to the original X or Y axis)
  5. Switch page
    Previous Page (Ctrl +PageUp)
    Next Page (Ctrl + PageDown)
  6. Full screen (F5)
  7. Open Visual Basic Editor (Alt + F11)