Knowing how shapes relate in structured diagrams

The Insert | Diagram Parts tab in the Visio interface provides the ability to add a Container, Callout, or Connector diagram part to a page, as shown in the following screenshot (these are the main parts of a structured diagram):

Knowing how shapes relate in structured diagrams

However, there are also other shapes available from various stencils that exhibit the same behavior. There is also a special type of container called List that can contain ordered items. There are several Microsoft-supplied shapes that are lists, including the UML Class | Class master shape, which is used in the following example. This List shape accepts other specific list ...

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