How-to: removing extraneous layer information from a shape master

[Paul Herber]

   
• Load the stencil, put into edit mode, open the master
• Select the shape's contents (Control-A)
• menu Format -> Layer
• If you are now asked to enter a leyer name then the shape has a blank layer name! Enter a name (anything - it will be removed later) and press OK
• On the Layer dialog click None then OK
• menu View -> Layer Properties and tick Remove Unreferenced Layers, then click OK
• Close the shape, click OK to update the shape
• When done, close the stencil.

(These Instructions for Visio 2003/Visio 2007 - for Visio 2010 the menus are different)