How to Edit Visio Stencils
You can create your own stencils in Microsoft Visio, and you can also edit their shapes and properties. Each stencil that you create in Visio should be unique, and ideally, you should shape it in a way that is somehow suggestive of its purpose. With Visio, you can easily edit a stencil's shape to make it larger or smaller than others, to give it different coloring or to make it simpler or more complex. This flexibility will allow you to create flow charts that are specific to your organizational needs.
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Instructions
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Open Microsoft Visio and then access your editable stencils by clicking "File," "Shapes, "My Shapes" and then "Favorites."
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Point the mouse to the left-hand side of the Visio interface and then right-click the stencil that you would like to edit.
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Point the mouse cursor to "Edit Master" and then click "Edit Master Shape."
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Change the stencil's shape as you fit in the window that opens on the right-hand side of the Visio interface.
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Complete the process by clicking the small "x" on the right-hand side of the shape drawing window. Click "Yes" when prompted to confirm the changes.
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Tips & Warnings
You can rename the stencil by right-clicking it and then clicking "Rename Master."
The stencils that come with Visio are read-only. Once you alter them, you must save them with a new name.
