Shape help identifier

I asked in a previous thread whether we can there was specific help
information about the behaviour of each shape. There are bubbles that
show up when I hover the pointer above each shape, with brief
description and a "more..." link. Would this be all the help for a
specific shape?

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:10:33 -0700 (PDT), Paul
wrote:

I asked in a previous thread whether we can there was specific help
information about the behaviour of each shape. There are bubbles that
show up when I hover the pointer above each shape, with brief
description and a "more..." link. Would this be all the help for a
specific shape?

I can't find your original thread at the moment. What you are seeing
there is a short message attached to each shape within the stencil so
as you hover the mouse over a stencil shape it shows something like
the shape name the ""Drag the shape onto the drawing page" with maybe
extra instructions added to that or some totally different
instructions. That is called the "Prompt" within the the stencil
master. For some shape there may be a "More..." link to help about
shapes within the help file.

When the shape has been dropped on a page then that text is no longer
visible and a different item of text is shown when hovvering over the
shape.

Is there any particular shape with which you need help?


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Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
http://www.electronics-packages.sandrila.co.uk/

On Sep 17, 5:37*am, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:10:33 -0700 (PDT), Paul

wrote:
I asked in a previous thread whether we can there was specific help
information about the behaviour of each shape. *There are bubbles that
show up when I hover the pointer above each shape, with brief
description and a "more..." link. *Would this be all the help for a
specific shape?

I can't find your original thread at the moment. What you are seeing
there is a short message attached to each shape within the stencil so
as you hover the mouse over a stencil shape it shows something like
the shape name the ""Drag the shape onto the drawing page" with maybe
extra instructions added to that or some totally different
instructions. That is called the "Prompt" within the the stencil
master. For some shape there may be a "More..." link to help about
shapes within the help file.

When the shape has been dropped on a page then that text is no longer
visible and a different item of text is shown when hovvering over the
shape.

Is there any particular shape with which you need help?

Well, not particularly. I see different handles on shapes, and can't
quite remember their purpose, so I was hoping that the developer off
those shapes had a conveninent way (or any way) of documenting them
for the user.

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:29:11 -0700 (PDT), Paul
wrote:

On Sep 17, 5:37*am, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:10:33 -0700 (PDT), Paul

wrote:
I asked in a previous thread whether we can there was specific help
information about the behaviour of each shape. *There are bubbles that
show up when I hover the pointer above each shape, with brief
description and a "more..." link. *Would this be all the help for a
specific shape?

I can't find your original thread at the moment. What you are seeing
there is a short message attached to each shape within the stencil so
as you hover the mouse over a stencil shape it shows something like
the shape name the ""Drag the shape onto the drawing page" with maybe
extra instructions added to that or some totally different
instructions. That is called the "Prompt" within the the stencil
master. For some shape there may be a "More..." link to help about
shapes within the help file.

When the shape has been dropped on a page then that text is no longer
visible and a different item of text is shown when hovvering over the
shape.

Is there any particular shape with which you need help?

Well, not particularly. I see different handles on shapes, and can't
quite remember their purpose, so I was hoping that the developer off
those shapes had a conveninent way (or any way) of documenting them
for the user.

Well, that's the problem you see, most of the "handles" are generic
and have standard uses within Visio, resizing, moving, rotating, then
there are control handles for moving text, vertices, other geometry
points ... Then there are connection points and glue points, insertion
points, selection handles ....


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Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
http://www.electronics-packages.sandrila.co.uk/

On Sep 18, 7:20*pm, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:29:11 -0700 (PDT), Paul





wrote:
On Sep 17, 5:37*am, Paul Herber
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:10:33 -0700 (PDT), Paul

wrote:
I asked in a previous thread whether we can there was specific help
information about the behaviour of each shape. *There are bubbles that
show up when I hover the pointer above each shape, with brief
description and a "more..." link. *Would this be all the help for a
specific shape?

I can't find your original thread at the moment. What you are seeing
there is a short message attached to each shape within the stencil so
as you hover the mouse over a stencil shape it shows something like
the shape name the ""Drag the shape onto the drawing page" with maybe
extra instructions added to that or some totally different
instructions. That is called the "Prompt" within the the stencil
master. For some shape there may be a "More..." link to help about
shapes within the help file.

When the shape has been dropped on a page then that text is no longer
visible and a different item of text is shown when hovvering over the
shape.

Is there any particular shape with which you need help?

Well, not particularly. *I see different handles on shapes, and can't
quite remember their purpose, so I was hoping that the developer off
those shapes had a conveninent way (or any way) of documenting them
for the user.

Well, that's the problem you see, most of the "handles" are generic
and have standard uses within Visio, resizing, moving, rotating, then
there are control handles for moving text, vertices, other geometry
points ... Then there are connection points and glue points, insertion
points, selection handles ....

OK, I'll take another kick at the online help to find a summary.
Thanks.