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How to pan in visio like in a PDF viewer with the "hand" tool?

In Visio 2016 we can pan the canvas by dragging middle mouse button: . But I want to pan the canvas by dragging like in a PDF viewer with . How to do that?
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Can't install Visio 2016, "the following products can not be installed at the same time"

I'm trying to install visio 2016 (licence for 5 installs, but only 3 have been used so far) on a office PC but when I do I get this error message: I thought I this was because office 2010 was installed on the PC, but when I uninstalled that I still…
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Multiple parallel connectors between shapes in Visio

I have two rectangles in Visio 2016. I would like to add multiple parallel connectors between them: ----------- | | <-- rectangle 1 ----------- | | <------- connectors ----------- | | <-- rectangle 2 ----------- Adding one…
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Word (2016 or 365) can't edit embedded Visio objects, with Visio 2016 installed

I just started working for a new employer that makes heavy use of Visio. I need to manage some existing documents, and one change that's been requested of me is that I make some minor changes to an embedded Visio object on the document. When I…
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Swimlanes background colour change

When I export my visio file to a webpage the background of the swimlanes changes from white to blue. I recently added more swimlanes and after exporting it as a webpage the new lanes are a lighter shade of blue. Is there a setting that I can change…
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Importing Entity Relationships from Excel into Visio

Looking for help/any advice importing a very large many-to-many entity relationship diagram from data in Excel into a relationship diagram in Visio. My data is identifying upstream & downstream dependency relationships of the entities and I'm…
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In Visio Professional 2016 my hyperlinks will only launch our Intranet home page, not the specific documents I'm linking to

I've used various ways to insert the document URL into the Visio shape: I've pasted the URL into the Address field I've tried with and without 'Use relative path for hyperlink' I've tried clicking 'Browse' instead of pasting the URL; the document…
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Microsoft Visio Page settings

I used to use Visio years ago (2003 version), recently installed it again(2016 version) to make some technical drawings. But it has been frustrating to say the least. What i wish is that the "page" starts @ 0,0 meaning that the left top most pixel…
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Why can't I rename shapes in Visio?

Am I doing something wrong? I can't seem to rename a shape more than once, and I cannot reference any shapes by their "given" names, only by their shape ID. Here's what I'm doing in Visio 2016 Standard: Create a new shape, which I'll call…
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Can I add a webpage (browser) to a visio diagram?

Can I add a webpage(browser) to a Visio diagram? Edit -- Additional Info: I do not wish to add a hyperlink. I want to view the webpage in the diagram. I know that there are webparts that can do this with…
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Visio 2016- shape lines automatically get thicker when shape size is increased - how do I disable this?

I would like to resize shapes in Visio 2016 without changing the line thickness of the shape. For example, in a circuit diagram, I would like to change the length of a Ground Shape or Transmission Line Shape while maintaining the current line…
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Visio - Change width of swimlane labels in cross-functional flow chart

I have a number of cross-functional flowcharts created in Visio 2016. I would like to increase the depth of the labels of the swimlanes as in the image below. I have attempted selecting individual labels and using the resize handle. I have…
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Lock size of some master shape children

I am trying to make a master shape which allows me to lock the size of some of its children. The specific example is to create a border to a square as seen in the attached picture. The issue I am encountering is that when you add a master shape to a…
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How are connection points of an actor lifeline arranged?

I'm creating an UML Sequence diagram, and I'm wondering how the connection points of an actor lifeline are arranged (placed closer together compared to others). It seems to be rather random. The groups on the screenshot above has the following…
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Printing Comments in Visio 2016

I can't figure out how to print the comments I've included in my Visio diagram. I found a macro that was supposed to work in Visio 2013. It did create an object that had the title headers, Reviewer, Date and Comment. However, there was no text. I'm…
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