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Applies to: viflow (subscription | 9 | 8) | Article: 1561978 | Updated on 26.04.2024

In this register you will find all the important tools for editing and adjusting graphics and drawing elements.

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The Graphic tab is – next to the Insert tabs and Draft – Part of the Drawing Tools group.

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The BI Tools are only visible if at least one graphic or graphic element (eg graphic template) is open.

"Font" group

The functions related to the text, such as font, font size, alignment, color, are summarized in this group.

If objects with text or individual text passages are marked on the graphic, the text properties can be changed here. Choose the font, size, color, and other attributes, such as bold, italic, or underline.

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The elements of this group are based on the well-known basic functions of Microsoft Office Visio and other Microsoft products and are not special viflow functions.

You can access detailed text settings by clicking on the arrow symbol [  ] at the bottom right of the group.

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You can also find these functions in the context menu. To do this, right-click an object in the graphic and select Format – Font.

Paragraph Group

The text-related features, such as paragraph and alignment, are grouped together in this group.

If objects with text or individual text passages are marked on the graphic, you specify the horizontal and vertical text alignment here.

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The elements of this group are based on the well-known basic functions of Microsoft Office Visio and other Microsoft products and are not special viflow functions.

You can access detailed text settings by clicking on the arrow symbol [  ] at the bottom right of the group.

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You can also find these functions in the context menu. To do this, right-click on an object in the graphic and select Format – Font – Paragraph.

Tools Group

Important tools for modeling, such as the connector, drawing elements or the pointer tool, are combined in this group.

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The elements of this group are based on the well-known basic functions of Microsoft Office Visio and other Microsoft products and are not special viflow functions.

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If other functions were previously active (e.g. connector ), the basic setting can be called up by clicking on the pointer .

For other choices, click the arrow icon [ ] of the Pointer button. You can find more information on this in the chapter
››› Select objects in the graphic

If you click Text , you can draw a text box on the drawing sheet and enter text with a mouse click.

Not suitable for editing viflow objects, see note below.

To insert a new Visio drawing object, open the selection menu [  ] and choose the shape you want.

Once selected, click on the drawing sheet to create an object of that shape.

For adding new connection points for the connector, eg on a process shape.

With Move Connector Point turned on, CTRL-click the shapes.

Enabled via the function [  ] to move the text within a drawing object.


If the connector is active, Visio and viflow objects can be connected to each other in the graphic.

Information about the creation and modeling of information can be found under ››› Modeling information graphics.

If several shapes are marked in the graphic, they can be connected with one click.


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A connection between viflow processes is initially only displayed graphically by using the connector.

If you double-click on the connection arrow in the graphic (or mark it and then click on the Properties button), the connector can be named, detailed and "converted" into viflow information.

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The Type tools are only for labeling Visio drawing elements and creating text boxes on the drawing sheet. Do not use these tools for labeling viflow objects (processes, branches, areas).

Shape group

Other tools for formatting Visio shapes are grouped together in this group.

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The elements of this group are based on the well-known basic functions of Microsoft Office Visio and other Microsoft products and are not special viflow functions.

To fill

Specify the fill color and other fill options for an object ("shape") previously selected on the drawing sheet by opening the Fill drop-down menu.

line

Specify the line color and other line options for an object ("shape") previously marked on the drawing sheet by opening the Line drop-down menu.

The shade

Set the shadow color and other shadow options for an object ("shape") previously selected on the drawing sheet by opening the Shadow drop-down menu.

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These functions can also be found in the context menu. To do this, right-click an object in the graphic and select Formatting.

Arrange group

Other tools for arranging and placing graphic objects are combined in this group.

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The elements of this group are based on the well-known basic functions of Microsoft Office Visio and other Microsoft products and are not special viflow functions. It can therefore happen that some of these functions are only available to a limited extent with viflow objects.

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These functions can also be found in the context menu. To do this, right-click on an object in the graphic and select the corresponding entry.

Position

You will find various options for positioning and aligning drawing objects (e.g. right- justified or left -justified) after opening the Position drop-down menu.

Forward / Backward

If several drawing objects are on top of each other, you can specify which element should be placed in the foreground or background by opening these selection menus.

Group

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Do not use this function for viflow objects (processes, information areas), only for Visio drawing elements and graphics. Grouped viflow objects can lose the basic viflow functionalities through grouping.

If several drawing objects have been selected on the drawing sheet, they can be combined in a group using Group or individual objects can be added to a group. A mouse click is then sufficient to mark the entire group with all elements, for example to move or copy them.

Fix

If the drawing sheet size is changed, you can specify how certain drawing objects or shapes should behave. If you use your own graphic template with a company logo for your processes, you can fix this, for example, at the top right with the same edge spacing.

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Detailed information about the Freeze function can be found in the chapter ››› Customize graphic templates


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