Visio - stop the auto-resize of Visio shapes

Well, it is easily reproducible, as can be seen with this gif created with Visio Plan 2:

The default behaviour of the master in the Document Stencil can be changed by editing the Height formula to =User.DefaultHeight ... don't forget to tick the Match master by name on drop option.

Hi Gloria

Thank you for your prompt reply. I have never had this issue before. Responses to your questions below.

Do you think that upgrading to 2101 might help? I will check if we have the licence for that.

1. Visio version:

2. Text resizing shape in visio:

3. Different shapes are also automatically resizing - these are from the Basic Flowchart Shapes:

4. New file, using Basic Flowchart Shapes:

Please let me know if you require further information. Thanks.

Cheers,

Tereza

Hi John

Thanks for getting back to me. I have now upgraded to Visio 2019, but still having the same issue.

I have been using the original Master from the original shapes stencil, but they are still resizing. The examples above was the Master shape and not something that I had created to a new stencil.

So how do I change the protection to stop them resizing? I am happy to do that just don't know how. I looked on the Shapesheet...but don't know where to start!

Thanks,

Cheers,

Tereza

You can change the protection on the shapes to prevent resizing.

Of course that will lock them in their current size. You will need to delete the text first to return the shapes to their original size. This could be a lot of work, but Visio has a concept called Masters. Masters live in stencils. When you drag a shape from a stencil to a page, you are dragging a master to a page and that is creating an instance of the master on the page. If you change a master then you decide if all the instances change.

An alternate is to create an empty stencil. drag the shapes you want to the page from their stencil. Set the protection on these shapes. and then drag these shapes to the news stencil. You now have a stencil that does not resize.

Of course, the lazy way would be to be less verbose with the shapes text, something I find hard to do. Reducing the font size sometimes help, but then you are back to your original problem, inconsistencies, but this time in

text.

Hi Tereza,

Thanks for sharing your experience in our community.

Regarding to your Visio auto-resize the shapes, we did the test in Visio 2101 version while cannot reproduce it, to help you troubleshoot it, you may update Visio to the latest version and see the result.

Meanwhile, we would like to confirm some information as below:

1. Your Visio version. Go to Visio> click File> Account> capture the screenshot of full Product Information page here.
2. Could you please provide the screenshot of the resized shapes in Visio?
3. May I know whether all files or just this specific file encounters such problem? (Have you created the template file with some VBA macros?) Do all shapes have the auto-resize issue? If convenient, could you please create a new file and check the result.

We will try our best to help you, any updates are welcomed to let us know. 😊

Best regards,

Gloria