Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Step by Step

Key Points

• All Visio shapes behave like 1-D or 2-D shapes. 1-D shapes, such as lines, have endpoints that you can use to shorten or lengthen the shape. 2-D shapes, such as rectangles, circles, diamonds, and triangles, have selection handles that you can use to increase the height or width of shapes.

• You can drag a corner selection handle on a 2-D shape to resize it proportionally. Drag the rotation handle on a 2-D shape to rotate it.

• When the pointer changes to a four-headed arrow pointer, you can move the shape. When the pointer changes to a two-headed arrow pointer, you can resize the shape.

• To copy and position a shape in a single action drag it while holding down the key. Be sure to release the mouse button before the key; otherwise, you'll ...