Working with MS Visio - Working with Shapes

We have introduced Visio and now its time to get into its use. Visio has a rich pack of predefined shapes that make drawing easier. The shapes are available in groups. The predefined elements are shown below

The shapes are manipulated using the handles available in visio. The handles are shown below and are used to customize the shapes.

The Shapes are contained in stenciles which group them according to applicability. However, one can use shapes from different categories.

 The following diagram shows how you can navigate through the Visio interface to get the shape that you want to use.

In the next issue we look at how to connect the shapes.