>Anybody out use and|or actually like Visio? Is there anyway I can turn >of this automatic redraw feature it seems to have? I am attempting to >create an ERD for a database I am working with and when I drop an table >object into the drawing, the first thing it seems to want to do is move >all the other objects I have already painstakingly placed right where I >want them. I would really like it NOT to do that, even if where I >originally drop the object is off the page or overlaps other objects. >Trust me Visio, I will move it to where I want it shortly.
Which version? In 2003 you would go to "File", "Page Setup" and choose the "Layout and Routing" tab. This dialog contains all the options for this stuff. The one that's probably frustrating you is at the bottom, the checkbox labled "Move other shapes away on drop." That setting will rearrange other shapes away from a new shape when you place the new shape on the page. There's a ton of useful settings in the various tabs here - pretty much everything general to a drawing is in here. Little known things: you actually get a lot of control over linking styles and overlap styles (I like changing routing appearence to "curved" - I think it gives drawings a much more organic look). >This it the main concept that seems to prevail so much of MS >technology. "We know what you want to do better then you do so we will >make it difficult and obscure to not do it the way we decided you should >do it." It prevails because that's what the results of usuability studies indicate most people want. It's really not more complicated than that. I'm with you that it's a pain in the ass (I, also, like to personally manage all positioning) but I understand I'm in the minority. I can't really consider the setting obscure... "Page Setup" contains all settings general to the drawing. No matter what tho not being able to find what you want is frustrating as all hell. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:251077 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
