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Visio Discussions => Shapes & Templates => Topic started by: Jennifer on January 02, 2018, 08:27:32 AM

Title: Shape text won't center if shape is over 4' 3"
Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2018, 08:27:32 AM
I'm doing a schematic for a building project. I have the page set for feet and inches. If I place a standard rectangle shape, the text won't center if the shape is more than about 4' 4" (52 inches) long. The text is centered when the shape is less than 4' 4", but once it exceeds than length, the text remains centered at 2' 2".

What the heck did I do wrong this time?
Title: Re: Shape text won't center if shape is over 4' 3"
Post by: Yacine on January 02, 2018, 09:13:48 AM
difficult to say without drawing
Title: Re: Shape text won't center if shape is over 4' 3"
Post by: Paul Herber on January 02, 2018, 09:24:12 AM
This bug has been around for a long time, 52 inches seems to be the point at which text centering seems to go wrong.
Title: Re: Shape text won't center if shape is over 4' 3"
Post by: Jennifer on January 02, 2018, 12:43:50 PM
Quote from: Paul Herber on January 02, 2018, 09:24:12 AM
This bug has been around for a long time, 52 inches seems to be the point at which text centering seems to go wrong.
Criminy! Unless there's some serious fundamental flaw in the Visio design, how hard can that be to fix?

Thanks. I was afraid that I had accidentally changed some arcane setting.
Title: Re: Shape text won't center if shape is over 4' 3"
Post by: vojo on January 02, 2018, 02:04:19 PM
Could play with page scale so that 52" is shown as say 5.2"
Title: Re: Shape text won't center if shape is over 4' 3"
Post by: Paul Herber on January 02, 2018, 02:56:26 PM
http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=152.msg600#msg600

or

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/ae2f77a1-4b2f-4210-a8f4-53cc01792ef8/visio-2010-premium-problem-with-text-centering?forum=visiogeneral