What is a ShapeSheet?
The ShapeSheet spreadsheet contains formulas that determine the object’s appearance and behavior, such as its height, width, angle, and color. In Visio 2010, the ShapeSheet is located on the Developer tab, which is not displayed by default.
What is Visio ShapeSheet?
Microsoft Visio is a unique data diagramming system, and most of that uniqueness is due to the power of the ShapeSheet, which is a window on the Visio object model. It is the ShapeSheet that enables you to encapsulate complex behavior into apparently simple shapes by adding formulae to the cells using functions.
Where is ShapeSheet in Visio?
To view the ShapeSheet for a shape
- Right-click the shape on the drawing canvas and click Show ShapeSheet.
- Select the shape on the drawing canvas, and then on the Developer tab, in the Shape Design group, click Show ShapeSheet, and then click Shape.
What is shape data in Visio?
In Visio, shapes can contain related data, called shape data, which is useful for providing details. For example, shape data can show steps in a process or pieces of equipment in a network diagram—without filling up the diagram with text.
How do I open a ShapeSheet in Visio?
ShapeSheet Functions A-Z
- It can be made visible by ticking it in the Developer tab in the Visio Options / Customize Ribbon dialog.
- The Show ShapeSheet drop-down button in the Developer ribbon tab will open the ShapeSheet of the selected shape, active page or active document.
How do I use ShapeSheet in Visio?
Right-click the shape on the drawing canvas and click Show ShapeSheet. Select the shape on the drawing canvas, and then on the Developer tab, in the Shape Design group, click Show ShapeSheet, and then click Shape.
What are shape data fields?
Shape data fields are data fields where you can enter values associated with shapes. For example, by default, organization chart shapes have these shape data fields: Department, Telephone, Name, Title, and E-mail.
How do you shape data in Excel?
How to insert cell content to the shape
- Select the shape or text box.
- In the formula bar, type the equal (“=”) symbol.
- Click the spreadsheet cell that contains the data or text you want to insert into the selected shape or text box.
- Press Enter.