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Diagramming software for Windows and part of Microsoft's Office suite. Visio can be used to create documents such as flowcharts, organization charts, network topologies, and software architecture diagrams.

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Need more auto-connection points on Visio shapes

I am Visio 2013 user. How can I add more auto-connection points on shapes in Visio. For example, a circle shape originally has 8 auto-connection points, but I need 8 points more totally 16 connection points around it. P.S. From the Visio Options…
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Transparent text background in an arrow in Visio

I'm creating a Visio 2013 diagram, and when I add a background colour to the diagram, the text of the arrow looks like this: I want to remove that white text background, but I can't find how... I found the solution for Visio 2007 in this post, but…
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How Do I Get Bi-Directional Arrows In Visio 2013

This is driving me mad....when I add a 'Connector' to my diagram it is a certain Connector type (Association, Composition, Aggregation, etc...) I have to select one of those types. And those types have a default arrow type. Even though I go into…
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How to make sure newly created connectors are straight?

I'm creating a Visio Flowchart diagram. I want all connectors by default to be "Straight". Is there any way to set a default style for newly created connectors? Currently all my connectors are always drawn "Right Angle" initially. Note that I'd…
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How to: Database Model in Visio 2013

I am unable to find the "Database Model" in Visio 2013 and upon linking an existing database to Visio, there is no option to Reverse Engineer. Where do I find this functionality?
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Adding a bend to a straight connector in Microsoft Visio 2013

I have added a straight connector: how can I add to some bends to obtain the following result ? I use Microsoft Visio 2013 Professional on Windows 7.
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How can I change the text position of connector?

When I label a connector, the text appears at the midpoint. I can manually change its position. What I basically want to do, is either a) to place the text close to the end (arrow) or b) at its beginning. I do not want to move all labels manually.…
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How can actually fit the page size to the drawing in Microsoft Visio 2013?

I want to fit the page size to the drawing in Microsoft Visio 2013. When I do design → Page setup → size → fit to drawing, they are still some margins: (Click image to enlarge) There doesn't seem to be any way to change the margin in the page setup…
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Transparent background in Visio 2013

I'm using Visio 2013 and I'm not able so save my drawings with a transparent background (background always ends up with white color) The sheet background is "no background". When I click "save as .PNG" (or .gif) there opens up a options menue.…
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Visio 2013 Keyboard shortcuts

Can I have list of shortcuts for Visio 2013? For example I am in ER diagramming mode and adding attributes for an entity how do I add new attribute for the entity? As I can't find one right now I have to right click and say "Insert Attribute…
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In Visio 2013, how do I remove bend points in connectors/lines?

If using curved connectors, the connectors have bend points. These make it very difficult to make the curved connectors look good, if you move them. How can you remove some of these bend points? I would think you hold down shift, alt or something,…
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Can't open two instances of Visio 2013

I've faced with strange behavior of Visio. I'm opening two documents, but there is still one running application. And I can't move one, to another display. This is kind of annoying thing, and it slows my productivity. Is there any solutions, or it…
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Ensure Visio new Connection Points at the middle distance?

I am Visio 2013 user. How do you ensure that the new connection point will be positioned exactly at the middle distance between two existing, sequential connection points ?
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Where is size, make equal in Visio 2013

I'm sure, in past versions of Visio, there used to be an option where you could select a bunch of shapes, and select size, make equal. Somewhere around the Align and Position tabs on the Home menu. It's possible I'm confusing visio with Visual…
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How to add arrows to Visio Activity Diagram Connector?

How do you add arrows to the connectors in a Visio Activity Diagram? As per the picture, explicitly setting an arrow doesn't work. Unlike the "UML" Use Case Diagram, the Activity Diagram doesn't appear to have it's own custom connectors.
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