1. My guess: select 'Inches' from 'Tools - Options - Units - Change' and
then select 'Inches'. Since inches are bigger then feet (I guess, since I'm
used to a metric system...), I guess that everything behind the comma will
be the 'feet' part, before the comma will be the 'inches' part. At least,
that's how it works for the metric system: for instance 15,33 m

2. Open shapes button (standard toolbar), then Visio Extra's - Dimensioning
Engineering.
You can place all kinds of measurements: inner - outer - horizontal -
vertical... Even the surface can be calculated (see Room Measure in this
shape section).

--Geert

"Wellie" wrote in message
...
I'm new to Viso and want to use Viso to create a floor plan layout. As I
the symbols on the symbol to draw various rooms and walls at the dimension
that I want by reading off the measurement from the bottom bar where it
shows the 'width', 'height' and 'angle'.

Questions
1 - What setting do I need to change s.t. I can set the measurement
dimension to ft and inches rather than just ft only ?

2 - How can I have the measurement shows display next to the wall. For
example, I have a room of 10' x 15' 5" and would like the measurements
display as shown in the following sample diagram.
+--------------------------------+
|^ -------- 15' 5" ---------|
| | |
|10' |
| | |
| v |
+---------------------------------+

Thanks in advance for your assistance.