Stencil in Separate Window

[Nick Pomponio]

Until recently, the stencils have always appeared in a separate subwindow of
the main Visio app window. Now, however, they appear in a floating window on
the left that obscures part of the drawing window, including some page tabs
and the "VCR" page controls. The vertical ruler is on the very left of the
app window, instead of between the stencil window and the drawing window.
The floating window has a Search section on the top that did not used to be
there. I have tweaked and twiddled every setting I can (such as docked /
floating), but I cannot get back to my original configuration. This is Visio
2003 Professional.

I would greatly appreciate any guidance.

Thanks,
-Nick

 

[Paul Herber]

Until recently, the stencils have always appeared in a separate subwindow of
the main Visio app window. Now, however, they appear in a floating window on
the left that obscures part of the drawing window, including some page tabs
and the "VCR" page controls. The vertical ruler is on the very left of the
app window, instead of between the stencil window and the drawing window.
The floating window has a Search section on the top that did not used to be
there. I have tweaked and twiddled every setting I can (such as docked /
floating), but I cannot get back to my original configuration. This is Visio
2003 Professional.

I would greatly appreciate any guidance.

Just drag the stencil window over to the left-hand side, it should
dock and stay there.

 

[Nick Pomponio]

Just drag the stencil window over to the left-hand side, it should
dock and stay there.

It "docks", but it still "floats" over the drawing window in that it covers
some page tabs & controls and obscures part of the drawing window, which
makes reading the vertical ruler much more difficult. I can shrink the
docked stencil window to reveal the page tabs & controls, but the other
problems remain.

The way it has worked for me as far back as version 5.x is that the stencils
are in their own, reserved section of the app window (on the left) and the
drawing is in its own, reserved section containing the ruler and all page
tabs & controls on the bottom.

Thanks,
-Nick

 

[Paul Herber]

It "docks", but it still "floats" over the drawing window in that it covers
some page tabs & controls and obscures part of the drawing window, which
makes reading the vertical ruler much more difficult. I can shrink the
docked stencil window to reveal the page tabs & controls, but the other
problems remain.

The way it has worked for me as far back as version 5.x is that the stencils
are in their own, reserved section of the app window (on the left) and the
drawing is in its own, reserved section containing the ruler and all page
tabs & controls on the bottom.

Can you do a screen dump? Put it on a web page or email it to me.
paul
at
pherber
dot
com

 

[M.E]

Until recently, the stencils have always appeared in a separate subwindow of
the main Visio app window. Now, however, they appear in a floating window on
the left that obscures part of the drawing window, including some page tabs
and the "VCR" page controls. The vertical ruler is on the very left of the
app window, instead of between the stencil window and the drawing window.
The floating window has a Search section on the top that did not used to be
there. I have tweaked and twiddled every setting I can (such as docked /
floating), but I cannot get back to my original configuration. This is Visio
2003 Professional.

I would greatly appreciate any guidance.

Thanks,
-Nick

Nick,

I ran into the same issue and, sadly, it wasted more time than it should
have. I use Visio 2007, but I am sure it is the same fix with 2003. When
the window is floating on top of the workspace you should see a small white
square with a dotted cross-hair (right where the horizontal and vertical
rulers intersect). Drag the floating shapes window to that square and you
should be set.

Good luck!
ME

 

[Nick Pomponio]

Nick,

I ran into the same issue and, sadly, it wasted more time than it should
have. I use Visio 2007, but I am sure it is the same fix with 2003. When
the window is floating on top of the workspace you should see a small
white
square with a dotted cross-hair (right where the horizontal and vertical
rulers intersect). Drag the floating shapes window to that square and you
should be set.

Good luck!
ME

Thanks! That does it!

-Nick