"display text-only icon in stencil as characters"

[Lonewife]

G'Day,
Visio pro 2003 SP_1

I am revising a series of stencils that contain text-only shapes.

The icons show as default style boxes (they look like checked boxes) rather
than the actual characters that showed in the old stencils. So, instead of
looking like a 6 it looks like a checked box. How can I make them look like
characters?

images of problem 15kb total
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/wayfarer/images/old_stencil.jpg
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/wayfarer/images/new_stencil.jpg

Thanks in advance

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Right click on the icon and choose Edit Master > Master Properties... Is the
box "Generate icon automatically from shape data" checked? For the icon to
be regenerated, this box must be checked. You may have to open the shape on
the stencil to force the regen.

John... Visio MVP

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[Lonewife]

Thanks for the reply John, yes the "Generate icon automatically from shape
data" was checked. I tried it a few different ways. I came back to it just
now and re-did each shape twice... it worked. Odd huh?

Thanks again