Is it possible to link text data from one Visio sheet to others?

[davidd31415]

I'd like to link data between one Visio sheet and others so when one is updated all are updated.

I'm considering inserting a word document with a link to the file but I would rather avoid having external support files if this functionality is already built into Visio.

Thanks!

 

[PaulHerber]

1. Open the Document Explorer: menu View -> Drawing Explorer Window

2. The top item in the window is the drawing name, right click and menu Show ShapeSheet. This will bring up the document shapesheet.

3. Insert -> Section: User-defined cells
and create a row containing the name of the document you wish to link to.

4. Close this shapesheet.

5. Open the shapesheet for one of your shapes. Insert -> Field
and enter the name of the document shapesheet field (e.g. TheDoc!User.Row_1)