I have a Visio diagram with a special shape, which I like very much. It looks like a rectangle with a fancy label. When I want to make a new diagram, the first thing I do is copy-paste this rectangle.
However, what if I ever lose all my example diagrams where this shape appears? I want to know how to make it from scratch. I assume this is one of the standard shapes, but I don't know which one.
How can I find out the type of a shape I have an my diagram? I tried doing "Format Shape" on it, but I don't see the name/type anywhere, only its properties (like fill type, colour, etc).
11 Answer
There are 2 things that can be done. One, to capture the name you can look into Drawing Explorer outlined in blue steps
- Switch to the Developer Tab
- Open Drawing Explorer
- Open the pages to find the name of the shape
Another Option is to save the shape into your own personal Stencil Library, steps in red.
- Click More Shapes
- Create a new Stencil
- Drag the shape into the empty stencil
From there you can rename your stencil library and save it. You can also rename the shape to whatever you want. Going forth, you will always have this stencil library on this PC to grab the shape from.
