From the course: Visio Desktop: Tips and Tricks
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Insert text display fields
From the course: Visio Desktop: Tips and Tricks
Insert text display fields
- [Instructor] If you want the text on a shape to display a data value, you can insert a text display field onto the shape. Let's look at a network diagram to see how that works. I'm going to select this router. Notice that the Shape Data window shows a variety of fields that are part of this shape, many of which contain data values. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, is a button called Field. With this dialogue open, I can click Shape Data in the Category section on the left, and all of the field names appear here. You'll see the list corresponds directly to those that are in the Shape Data window on the right side of the screen. I'm going to scroll down and choose Network Name as the field I want, and click Okay. And then that's the text that now appears below the shape. You aren't limited to displaying the contents of Shape Data fields. Let's create a text shape to look at other possibilities. On the Home tab, I'm going to select the Rectangle Tool, and draw a box in which we…
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