Chapter 25. Making Shapes Smart
| Using the ShapeSheet Window | 801 |
| Writing ShapeSheet Formulas | 806 |
| Exploring Shape Geometry | 812 |
| Defining Double-Click Actions for Shapes | 813 |
| Adding Shortcut Commands to Shapes | 816 |
A truly smart shape requires little thought from the user. It just works. For example, a door shape snaps into place on a wall, and a background sizes to fit a page. Shape designers think long and hard about how to improve shape functionality, and often the smartest shapes are the easiest to use. That’s the Smart Shapes riddle.
Anyone with a new idea, however, can alter how a shape behaves. The place to start is in the ShapeSheet window, the Microsoft Office Visio 2007 built-in spreadsheet for defining all the properties of a shape—its size, position, ...
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