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Viso 2007 - Move Shape
When I place a shape in the visio drawing and try to move the shape around,
it does not stay at the position i intend to place it in but instead seems to jump around to different places in the drawing space. Any solution to this? Happens with all kind of shapes. |
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Viso 2007 - Move Shape
Have you checked your snap and glue settings? Also note you can nudge a shape
by selecting it and using the arrow keys on the keyboard. James W. "Chanakya" wrote: When I place a shape in the visio drawing and try to move the shape around, it does not stay at the position i intend to place it in but instead seems to jump around to different places in the drawing space. Any solution to this? Happens with all kind of shapes. |
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Viso 2007 - Move Shape
When you say jumps around, does act like it's jumping to the nearest grid or
ruler sub-division or is it really random and jumping by relatively large amounts? Is this a new drawing, or are there other shapes on the page? If there are other shapes, are these shapes connected to each other? You might want to check routing/shape spacing: menu barshapelayout shapes. Click the spacing button at the bottom of the menu. Look at the entries, they should all be less than 1/2" typically (not sure what it would be for metric ~ 1.27cm?). If there are some really large values, that might impact how the shapes place. HTH Wapperdude "Chanakya" wrote: When I place a shape in the visio drawing and try to move the shape around, it does not stay at the position i intend to place it in but instead seems to jump around to different places in the drawing space. Any solution to this? Happens with all kind of shapes. |
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Viso 2007 - Move Shape
No it jumps around all over the drawing sheet and in fairly large amounts.
Yes its a new drawing and happens with every symbol i insert and try to move it to a different place. I havent made any connections. Just placed the symbols and trying to get it to the right place to make the connections. Any other answers? "WapperDude" wrote: When you say jumps around, does act like it's jumping to the nearest grid or ruler sub-division or is it really random and jumping by relatively large amounts? Is this a new drawing, or are there other shapes on the page? If there are other shapes, are these shapes connected to each other? You might want to check routing/shape spacing: menu barshapelayout shapes. Click the spacing button at the bottom of the menu. Look at the entries, they should all be less than 1/2" typically (not sure what it would be for metric ~ 1.27cm?). If there are some really large values, that might impact how the shapes place. HTH Wapperdude "Chanakya" wrote: When I place a shape in the visio drawing and try to move the shape around, it does not stay at the position i intend to place it in but instead seems to jump around to different places in the drawing space. Any solution to this? Happens with all kind of shapes. |
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Viso 2007 - Move Shape
Chanakya
I guess we need clarification on some terms. There are shapes in Visio which come from our stencils but you can also place other objects into a drawing such as symbols. When you say symbols are you talking about Visio shapes or symbols inserted into Visio from another source? In order to get a clear understanding of your issue and a resolution you may want to open a case with Microsoft Visio Support. James W. "Chanakya" wrote: No it jumps around all over the drawing sheet and in fairly large amounts. Yes its a new drawing and happens with every symbol i insert and try to move it to a different place. I havent made any connections. Just placed the symbols and trying to get it to the right place to make the connections. Any other answers? "WapperDude" wrote: When you say jumps around, does act like it's jumping to the nearest grid or ruler sub-division or is it really random and jumping by relatively large amounts? Is this a new drawing, or are there other shapes on the page? If there are other shapes, are these shapes connected to each other? You might want to check routing/shape spacing: menu barshapelayout shapes. Click the spacing button at the bottom of the menu. Look at the entries, they should all be less than 1/2" typically (not sure what it would be for metric ~ 1.27cm?). If there are some really large values, that might impact how the shapes place. HTH Wapperdude "Chanakya" wrote: When I place a shape in the visio drawing and try to move the shape around, it does not stay at the position i intend to place it in but instead seems to jump around to different places in the drawing space. Any solution to this? Happens with all kind of shapes. |
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Viso 2007 - Move Shape
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get anything to behaving close to what
you're seeing. There are a couple of things that occur to me, but, they seem quite remote and unlikely. 1.) is your video driver up-to-date? You might try turning hardware acceleration on/off. 2.) I gather that as you are dragging the shape around, it will move smoothly and follow the cursor. Then, when you release the shape, it jumps. Just wanted to confirm the smooth dragging part. 3.) And there's no noticable time lag while dragging a simple shape. 4.) Windows XP or Vista. I've not used Vista, not heard any complaints with regards to Visio, but, I don't have any experience there. Afraid this wasn't much help. Wapperdude "Chanakya" wrote: No it jumps around all over the drawing sheet and in fairly large amounts. Yes its a new drawing and happens with every symbol i insert and try to move it to a different place. I havent made any connections. Just placed the symbols and trying to get it to the right place to make the connections. Any other answers? "WapperDude" wrote: When you say jumps around, does act like it's jumping to the nearest grid or ruler sub-division or is it really random and jumping by relatively large amounts? Is this a new drawing, or are there other shapes on the page? If there are other shapes, are these shapes connected to each other? You might want to check routing/shape spacing: menu barshapelayout shapes. Click the spacing button at the bottom of the menu. Look at the entries, they should all be less than 1/2" typically (not sure what it would be for metric ~ 1.27cm?). If there are some really large values, that might impact how the shapes place. HTH Wapperdude "Chanakya" wrote: When I place a shape in the visio drawing and try to move the shape around, it does not stay at the position i intend to place it in but instead seems to jump around to different places in the drawing space. Any solution to this? Happens with all kind of shapes. |
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