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Add a shape to Favorites in Microsoft Visio Professional 2019
Chas Burdick Yes, this works. Now I understand how to get a shape into Favorites.
Here is why this approach counterintuitive and makes the user experience more difficult:
- There are many shapes in many submenus in Visio
- I typically drag many shapes onto the page
- Once a shape is on the page, there is no way to determine which stencil it came from
- At least, I am not able to determine which stencil a shape came from
- If you are not able to determine which stencil a shape came from, it is therefore impossible to add it to your Favorites
- The only logical solution is to add every shape you think you might want to Favorites, and subsequently delete unneeded shapes
- This is obviously counterintuitive and difficult
Any shape on a page should be able to be added to Favorites without having to reverse direction and attempt to remember which stencil it came from.
If you select it on the stencil, not the drawing, you should be able to select the "add to my shapes" > My Shapes > Favorites. Make sure you are clicking on the shape in the stencil. Does that help?
Chas Burdick Yes, this works. Now I understand how to get a shape into Favorites.
Here is why this approach counterintuitive and makes the user experience more difficult:
- There are many shapes in many submenus in Visio
- I typically drag many shapes onto the page
- Once a shape is on the page, there is no way to determine which stencil it came from
- At least, I am not able to determine which stencil a shape came from
- If you are not able to determine which stencil a shape came from, it is therefore impossible to add it to your Favorites
- The only logical solution is to add every shape you think you might want to Favorites, and subsequently delete unneeded shapes
- This is obviously counterintuitive and difficult
Any shape on a page should be able to be added to Favorites without having to reverse direction and attempt to remember which stencil it came from.