Synchronized zooming between pages

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Carlos N

I have several pages in my drawing that I need to flip back and forth
between. I'd like to zoom and pan between pages simultaneously so that
all pages stay synchronized. This way, if I'm zoomed in on a portion of
page 1, I can change to page 2 and I would be zoomed in on the same
area. This can be for two pages using background/foreground pages to
almost provide the same effect, but you can't 1) do it for more than 2
pages, 2) edit the background page at the same zoom level.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm using Visio 2003, though could
switch to 2007 if necessary.

Carlos
 
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Paul Herber

I have several pages in my drawing that I need to flip back and forth
between. I'd like to zoom and pan between pages simultaneously so that
all pages stay synchronized. This way, if I'm zoomed in on a portion of
page 1, I can change to page 2 and I would be zoomed in on the same
area. This can be for two pages using background/foreground pages to
almost provide the same effect, but you can't 1) do it for more than 2
pages, 2) edit the background page at the same zoom level.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm using Visio 2003, though could
switch to 2007 if necessary.
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Hi Carlos, there's no built-in functionality like this but it could be
created with an add-on.
The add-on would need to trap the zoom in/out and pan events and also
the page change event, then apply the same zoom to the new page.
The zoom and pan both fire the ViewChanged event.
And you would need something to turn this on and off.
So, yes, could be done.
 
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Carlos N

Wow! Thanks John, that is great. I thought about jumping in myself to
try to do it, but truth be told I've never done Visio programming
before, so it would have taken me forever.

You're right in your blog that layers would normally achieve the same
thing. My problem was for a multi-story floor plan, where each story is
on its own page. Since all the components are already in their own
layers (windows, furniture, etc) layers would probably get out of control.

Thanks again!
Carlos

P.S. now, if Visio would only let you turn on and off layers with a
modeless dialog box....
 

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