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Visio Discussions => General Visio => Topic started by: NaomiApricot on March 06, 2015, 04:41:20 PM

Title: Shapes assigned to no layer...and no background
Post by: NaomiApricot on March 06, 2015, 04:41:20 PM
I've inherited a Visio diagram that has several tabs.  I want to clean it up and re-assign layers, and have discovered that on one of the tabs, nearly all the shapes are not assigned to any of the 7 layers that were created originally.  The way I judge this is going into layer properties and unchecking all of the "visible" boxes.  Nearly every shape remains visible.  Where are they, if not assigned to a layer?   :o

thanks!
Title: Re: Shapes assigned to no layer...and no background
Post by: Paul Herber on March 06, 2015, 06:28:43 PM
Hi Naomi, in Visio shapes don't have to be on a layer. Technically, shapes belong to pages, not layers. A page can have one or more layers and a shape can belong to one or more layers.
Title: Re: Shapes assigned to no layer...and no background
Post by: NaomiApricot on March 06, 2015, 08:38:10 PM
Thanks Paul!  This answers the question.