If you copy and paste a container, you also copy and paste the shapes.When you move a container, the shapes move with it. The same holds true for grouped shapes.If you delete a container, you delete the shapes in the container. You can't delete a group. You can only ungroup shapes.Containers are collections of shapes that have a visible border around them, while grouped shapes have an invisible border.Grouped Shapesīefore we go any further in this article, perhaps it is important to further clarify the differences between containers and grouped shapes. It will be helpful to know the differences as we move forward in this article, as well as for when you use Visio 2016. By adding structure using containers and lists, you make it simpler. You make it more attractive. You're saying, "here is this information," and "over here is where you'll find that." Even the most organized flow chart can be overwhelming to look at. When you add visible structure to your drawings, you're guiding viewers where to look and what to look at.
It's as important as organizing your shapes on your page so it looks like a flowchart or diagram – and not a jumbled mess. It's as important as adding shape data to rack diagrams or floor plans. Visible structure is as important as any other aspect of your drawing. It's as important as connecting shapes together in a flowchart. About Visible Structure: Containers and Callouts You can now apply borders or fills, add data, or anything that you can do with individual shapes. This lets us know that the shapes were successfully grouped. The blue border around our shapes is now gone. With the bounding box around the shapes, go to Home tab. Click the Group dropdown in the Arrange group. The next snapshot shows the bounding box that we created when we released the left mouse button.
The snapshot above shows the box we created by dragging our mouse. In this snapshot, we are still holding the mouse button down. To do this, hold down your left mouse button and drag to create a box around the shapes, as shown below.
Next, drag to create a bounding box around the shapes. Next, drag the Function/Subroutine stencil onto your page. Use the dynamic grid to line these up in the center of the page. Go to the Shapes window. Choose the Cloud stencil and drag it onto your page in the Drawing window. Open the Program Structure template by clicking on the thumbnail. Go to New, select the Flowchart category.
That can quickly become a hassle as well.īefore we learn how to group shapes, let's open one of Visio's many tablets. To do this, click the File tab. That said, however, you are the only one who knows when you group shapes together. Nobody else can see the grouping because the border around the group becomes invisible. In addition, you can't add other shapes to the group without ungrouping, then regrouping. As you use Visio, you will find that you group shapes that you want to keep together in your drawing. That way, if you move one, you move them all. It saves time over moving them one at a time, and that saves aggravation.
Visio 2016 offers you the ability to group shapes so that you can add structure to your drawings. You can group shapes together to turn multiple shapes into a single unit for moving, modifying, etc., as well as create containers and callouts for shapes.