Multiple Sections of a Circle Shape/text box to follow circle patt

[Mike B.]

Help! 2 part question, and I've been to Help, Google, and MVP blogs for
hours and can't find an answer. As a Visio 11 Standard (2003?) user newbie,
I'm having trouble resizing and aligning the 'partial' shapes of a circle,
when attempting to make a circle with more than 4 sections. (Partial circles
work well when you have four distinct sections, as the rotate/flip function
is adequate.)

My frustration is mounting, as I'm dealing with these sections as part of an
'onion' template of concentric circles, and I've now got sections for each
circle all over the place that won't line up. And, of course the deadline is
looming...

1) As an alternative method, is there any way to start with a circle then
use line drawings to just chop it into >4 sections, but maintain the ability
to have different colors and text for each section?

2) If so, si there any way to make the text box follow the circle shape for
each section, without being constrained to rotating each box on an axis?

I'm not a VBA guy, so long code strings will make my head spin...

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Check out this article on Visio Insights:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/07/18/670154.aspx

You can use the same shape operations described to create your onion. To
answer your text question, Visio supports text on an angle but cannot wrap
it along a curve.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Mike B.]

Thanks Mark! I had scanned that blog, but missed the tie-in of my question
to this article. The phrase '...the Easy Way' should've grabbed my eye,
since I'm always looking for the 'for Dummies' tips! And I should've
considered starting with the building of ALL shapes vs. only
'sections/partitions of a circle' searches....