Visio2000: How to Edit the Individual Components of a Grouped Shape (290327)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
  • Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q290327

SUMMARY

Certain shapes within Microsoft Visio are designed so that if you ungroup them to change the line or fill formatting, custom properties are lost. One example of such a shape is the Router shape on the Logical Symbols stencil.

This article provides an example of how to change the line and fill formatting of these shapes without losing custom properties.

MORE INFORMATION

How to Change the Line and Fill Formatting

  1. Open a blank drawing.
  2. On the File menu, point to Stencils, point to Network Diagram, and then click Logical Symbols.
  3. From the Logical Symbols stencil, drag a Router shape onto the drawing page.
  4. On the Edit menu, click Open Router.

    The shape editing page with a yellow background opens.
  5. Select the shape.
  6. On the Shape menu, point to Grouping, and then click Ungroup.
  7. While in this editing mode, you can select individual sections of the shape to change their line and fill formatting, without breaking the shape properties.
  8. To regroup the shape, click Select All on the Edit menu. Then, point to Grouping on the Shape menu, and click Group.
  9. To close the editing window, click the Close button in the upper-right corner of the menu bar.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:3/8/2001
Keywords:kbhowto KB290327
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