Adjusting Milestone text boxes on Visio 2003 timeline?

[jacasper]

I'd like to change the width on the text boxes that are grouped with the timeline milestones, but simply dragging the shape handles of the text box does not work.  The ShapeSheet seems to indicate that the height and width are not locked, but I don't see how to change them.  Any ideas?

[Jumpy]

Heho,

select the textblock subshape. In the Menu go to view->ShapeSheet. In the cells for width and height you'll see formulas with the guard function, that protect the width and height. For example in width:

=GUARD(IF(TextDirection=0,MAX(TEXTWIDTH(TheText),1 in),Sheet.27!Height))

The Guard() protects the shape from user input, the rest defines the width, depending on the Textwidht.

Changing the formula in the ShapeSheet, is what you will have to do...

Jumpy