Can't resize some shapes now?

[Mike]

Hi. In Viso 2002, I was able to change both the height and length of a slider
shape. Visio 2003, however, lets me change just the length (even if I remove
the protections). What's up with that?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

The height of the shape is guarded to be 25 pixels. This matches the
Windows XP user interface specifications.

 

[Mike]

So if someone is designing an interface that doesn't need to emulate Windows
specs, and that person wants to include a slider control but also wants to
modify it to fit the given UI, that person is out of luck?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Though the shape is protected from casual changes, you can still go in and
modify the shape's shapeheet (the definition of the shape) and remove the
restriction.

John... Visio MVP

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