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Visio layer properties

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samuelhk

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Mar 22, 2007
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Any methods to save and load the Layer properties when I've applied setting?
 
Are you using a shape master?

If you are using the shapes provided you will need to make a master shape and change the properties to what you desire and save the master. However that only works for some of the properties.

If, for example, you are using a timeline interval and you wish the start and stop time to be picked up from a data base, it wont do it on the drop of the master. This is because when you drop an interval onto a timeline it has autoconfig properties (same with the timeline itself).

The only way I found around that was to set my masters properties to point the desired information and everytime I dropped onto a timeline I went into the Shape Sheet and deleted the auto info forcing it to default to my settings.

A bit of a pain if you have a lot of shapes to deal with but once they are on the timeline the data base controls where they sit on it.
 
Hi bakershawnm,

I mean the "Layer Properties" not shape master.
 
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