To Add a Title to the Note, Right-Click and Select the Context Menu Item as shown below: Navigate to the location where you have saved the attached stencil file.ĭrag the StickyNote master onto the diagramme surface and place it anywhere you need it.īy default, it will open in expanded mode.

Well… Dave Edson’s Sticky Note to the Rescue!!!įrom within any Visio 2003 or 2007 diagram, open the StickyNote.vss file by selecting File > Shapes > Open Stencil… from the Visio File menu. Wouldn’t you like a Comment that can hold as much text as you want, grow appropriately to accommodate the volume of commenting text you need, and… still be able to collapse to a minimalist “icon” when you do not need to see the comments? Wouldn’t you like to be able to actually PRINT those comments as part of the printing of your Visio Diagramme? This is a big, big, big improvement from the dumb “comment” shape found on the Visio Insert menu under Insert > Comment. I’ve created a Visio Stencil with one very special SmartShape Master on it. Edson a big round of applause for his efforts, and I’ll turn over the screen to him…

David is a fellow Microsoft Visio Most Valuable Professional (MVP), a one-time co-worker of mine at Visio Corp., and is currently the CTE/Director of Consulting Services at. This guest post and content was created and written by David Edson. Today’s offering has some pretty neat features, so check out the article which explains how to use the shape, and shows off its unique capabilities! If you like the way you can add comments to Microsoft Excel worksheet cells, or the way you can glue Post-it sticky notes to your monitor’s bezel, then you’ll appreciate this sticky note Visio SmartShape from guest-poster David Edson!

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