Microsoft® Office Visio® 2003 Step by Step

Creating Templates

If you frequently create a particular type of diagram that uses a unique page size or drawing scale, includes a specified number of pages, or always contains the same information, such as a corporate logo or a title bar containing file information, consider creating a custom template. For example, if you create landscape plans frequently, you can create a template that opens the drawing page at an appropriate size, opens stencils containing landscaping shapes, and includes the appropriate title and logo for your company.

You can save any of your diagrams or drawings as a Visio template, or you can revise an existing Visio template and save it with a different file name as a custom template. Then you can open your custom template ...