Comments on: Network Diagrams: Tips for Printing From Visio

By: joe

joe — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:05:00 +0000

I’m using 11′x17′ transfer paper, I want to get 2- 8.5×11 images out of each sheet, when i size the image on visio 2010 I rotate it so it is 11′ wide and 8.5′ high, it looks great, when I print it it alway prints like I never rotated it no matter what I try. What am I doing wrong?

By: sunshine

sunshine — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:55:00 +0000

can you tell me how to fit a network diagram on an 81/2 x 14″ paper using visio 2010 programme

By: April

April — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:29:31 +0000

ok thanks for the idea

By: Greg Ferro

Greg Ferro — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:49:10 +0000

Sorry no. I only use Visio for Network Diagrams. But you could just make lots of pages in single diagram and put one element on each page.

By: April

April — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:31:17 +0000

Any idea how / if you can print individual shapes (1 per page) for a process flow diagram?
I would like to tack up the individual flow components on a whiteboard so that people can move them around for a continuos improvement exercise.

By: Greg Ferro

Greg Ferro — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:29:50 +0000

I’m not sure that I can help here. Windows does weird things to objects when they go through the copy/paste clipboard and something must be occurring.

Try putting the shape into a Visio template and then opening it in your other document. It’s another way of doing the same thing.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:39:51 +0000

Very good intro into A3 printing.

I have an interesting problem with a diagram I am currently working on that you may be able to help with. I have a number of copies of the same shape in my diagram that look fine on the screem but look totally different when they are printed. I copied this shape from a different diagram but the original diagram looks fine when it is printed. However, when I paste this shape into my new diagram it doesn’t print properly at all!

The shape in question is a 3D cylindrical type shape……kind of like a can of tuna. I was wondering if the issue is to do with the page settings.
Cheers.

By: Greg Ferro

Greg Ferro — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:32:50 +0000

All of the software refers to “US sizing” for paper these days so I’ll stick with easily recognised syntax. The fact that the US hasn’t updated to metric is neither here or there. Most importantly, I wanted people to understand that I can’t personally comment on US paper sizes since I have never used them, and hope they provide feedback – so, thanks for the feedback. Good to have it confirmed.

Lawyers always use double-spaced lines for some reason so longer paper might be necessary to actually say something…… or not.

By: John Visio MVP

John Visio MVP — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:41:25 +0000

Good intro to paper handling.
When you add a new page, you should notice that the current page settings are used for the new page.
It is strange that you refer to the paper sizes as US because they were originally used in the UK before they went metric. As you observed, the paper sizes do double. Tabloid 11×17 is twice the size of letter 8.5×11 and C 17×22 size is double Tabloid. The only other standard size is legal 8.5×14 which is easily explained by the fact that lawyers are long winded (that is also why they end up in politics) and need the extra three inches.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_size