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My Favorite Visio HotKeys

Visio hotkey combinations save you time and wrist flexibility. Here are the top hotkey combinations that I use every time I use Visio.

  1. Zoom in (Ctrl + mouse left-click) and zoom out (Ctrl + mouse right-click)
  2. Zoom so that a selection box fills the screen (Ctrl+Shift + Drag a box with your mouse)  
  3. Zoom the whole page (Ctrl + W)
  4. Zoom using the mouse wheel (Ctrl + Shift + Spin your scroll wheel)
  5. Last but not least, the universal shortcuts: toggle through your open documents (Ctrl + F6), select all (Ctrl + A), cut (Ctrl + X), paste (Ctrl + V), undo (Ctrl + Z), redo (Ctrl + Y), print (Ctrl + P), save (Ctrl + S), open file (Ctrl + O), create new drawing ((Ctrl + N), print preview (Ctrl + F2).

The zoom hotkey combos are my favorites, especially when working with larger drawings or details on shapes. If anyone has other hotkey combos that they love, post them in feedback.

 

 -- Mai-lan

 

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Published Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:16 AM by mailant
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# re: My Favorite Visio HotKeys

Know of a hotkey to switch between tools? For instance, I'm using the text tool, write some text, then want to switch back to the selection tool. I hate having to go up to the toolbar to do it!
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:07 PM by Dan Pilone

# re: My Favorite Visio HotKeys

One of my favorites is panning with Ctrl+Shift+Hold down the right mouse button and move mouse.

Also, you can switch between the tools by pressing Ctrl+(Any Number) or Ctrl+Shift+(Any number between 1 and 4). The ones I use most often are:

Ctrl+1 Pointer Tool
Ctrl+2 Text Tool
Ctrl+3 Pointer Tool
Ctrl+8 Rectangle Tool

-matt
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:34 PM by Matt Adereth

# re: My Favorite Visio HotKeys

I try to remember all HotKey but forget it quickly 8-)
My favorite visio hotkey is:F8(alignment)
F3(fill)
Shift+F3(line)
and F2(text edit).
btw visio have very strange hotkeys, as I thing...

Select shape, then:
Ctrl+Shift+W(Width)
Ctrl+Shift+H(Height) or +E
Ctrl+shift+L(J),C,R(Horiz Alingment text in shape)
Ctrl+shift+T,M,V(Vert)

I never used it, but know that they exist. Sometimes I use my own HotKeys, that I add in program.
Thursday, October 14, 2004 3:47 AM by Alexey Nichkov (aka Digitall)

# re: My Favorite Visio HotKeys

Move through the forground tabs of your document:
Ctrl+PageUp
Ctrl+PageDown

Scroll left/right:
Shift+Mousewheel

Page Setup:
Shift+F5

I also use the zoom shortcuts from the original posting. I find the most useful are Ctrl+W and Ctrl+Shift+ClickDragMouse
Saturday, October 23, 2004 8:04 PM by Brian Cherne

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