How to Resize a Shape in Microsoft Visio?

by Divya Jain Career Counsellor

Resize a shape

You can without much of a stretch resize shapes in your Visio drawing. Here's the secret.

1. Select a shape.

2. Resize the shape as takes after:

To resize a 2-dimensional (2-D) shape, for example, a square shape, drag a choice handle (a little square or hover, contingent upon the form of Visio that you're utilizing) until the point that the shape is the size you need. To resize the shape relatively, drag a corner handle.

To resize a 1-dimensional (1-D) shape, for example, a line, drag an endpoint to the length you need.

To resize a shape by composing an esteem, on the View tab, click Task Panes > Size and Position, and after that in the Size and Position window, type new qualities in the Width, Height, or Length boxes.

To make a few shapes a similar size, select the shapes, click Task Panes > Size and Position, and after that compose new qualities in the Width, Height, or Length boxes.

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Resize shapes in light of content

Visio gives a few shapes that are resized naturally in light of their content. To utilize these shapes, on the Insert tab, click Callouts, and after that look over the callout shapes appeared.

Resize a bolted shape

A few shapes and layers may be bolted with the goal that they can't be resized; notwithstanding, you can open them.

To open a shape, select the shape, and on the Developer tab, in the Shape Design gathering, click Protection, and after that unmistakable the proper check boxes.

To open a layer, on the Home tab, in the Editing gathering, click Layers > Layer Properties, and afterward clear the check enclose the Lock section by tapping the phone in the line for the layer that you need to open.

A few shapes, similar to the shapes in the Database Model Diagram layout, can't be resized physically, regardless of whether the shapes are opened. You need to utilize an alternate shape in the event that you need to one that you can resize physically.