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Old August 7th, 2008, 01:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
JagsGuru83
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Default Visio 2003 mouseover

I'm trying to design a flow-chart with shapes that are the anchor for
mouseover, drop-down text boxes. Each shape will be labeled as a step in the
process and I want the drop-down text box to contain more detailed
information about its respective step. My problem is I have no idea how to
accomplish this task within Visio. Screentips, tooltips and custom properties
either don't work after being published or don't provide enough space for the
text.

Any suggestions on how to get this done, including other applications
(preferably freeware) that will work, are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
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Old August 8th, 2008, 09:29 AM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
David Parker
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Default Visio 2003 mouseover

Custom Properties can hold 64k characters, but the Custom Property dialog
and window only display a single line. However, you will see multiple lines
if you Save As Web, so try using Notepad to write your notes then copy and
paste into a custom property.
Alternatively, you can write your own data entry form or use a third party
add-in.

"JagsGuru83" wrote in message
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I'm trying to design a flow-chart with shapes that are the anchor for
mouseover, drop-down text boxes. Each shape will be labeled as a step in
the
process and I want the drop-down text box to contain more detailed
information about its respective step. My problem is I have no idea how to
accomplish this task within Visio. Screentips, tooltips and custom
properties
either don't work after being published or don't provide enough space for
the
text.

Any suggestions on how to get this done, including other applications
(preferably freeware) that will work, are greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


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Microsoft MVP (Visio)
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http://www.visualizinginformation.com

 




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