[lanciaHF]

Hi,

I did a search for 'horizontal text Visio' but nothing comes up; hopefully you can help:

I've imported a few images into Visio 2003. Anytime I type out a description the text only appears within the borders of the image.

For example,

I'd like the text to go from left to right

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But it only goes within the width image and down, never across, past the borders of the image.

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• I’ve attempted to edit the text trying to eliminate the issue but nothing works

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• Of course when i add a shape from Visio this does not happen.

• I made a new share, copied my image to the stencil, saved it and still no luck

• I did a side by side of a Visio shape and my imported image but matching all the settings did not help

Thank you!

 

[gistek]

Have you tried entering your text in a text box then aligning the two elements with each other and grouping them?

That's what I do in Cade, which is a freeware Visio like application.

 

[lanciaHF]

Thank you for the suggestion but unfortunately I’m importing data which is unique for each shape. The process of editing all thses shapes would drive me crazy but i could see how it would work ok with a few shapes.

I was however able to figure it out; you’d need to make sure the text of your shape/image is highlighted, click the Windows menu, and select Show shape sheet. In the shapes sheet window look for Text Transform and adjust the settings accordingly. I used the setting from a Visio shape and it worked.

Hope this helps anyone who runs into this iissue.

 

[gistek]

Great. Thanks for the tip. I'll try that the next time I'm playing with Cade and see if it works there, too.