atw: Re: FW: visio help - Onion diagram?!

From: "MATILDA REICH" <MATILDA.REICH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:54:10 +1000

Sharon,

Not sure if this will do it, but searching in Visio under "Circular text" yielded the following. Note there is reference to adding text at the end:

CREATE AN ONION DIAGRAM

From the File menu, point to New, point to Block Diagram, and then click Block Diagram.
From Blocks, drag the Concentric layer 1 shape onto the drawing page to form the outer layer of the onion.
Drag the Concentric layer 2 shape onto the drawing page, position it inside the outer layer until it snaps into place, and then release the mouse button.
Repeat step 3 using the Concentric layer 3 and Concentric center shapes until you have all the layers in place.
- To change the radius of a concentric layer, drag a selection handle to resize the layer as needed.
- To change the thickness of a concentric layer, drag the control handle on the inside rim until the shape is the correct thickness. (If you don’t know which control handle to use, pause the pointer over a control handle until you see a tip.)
To divide a concentric layer into sections, use Partial layer shapes.
1. From the Blocks stencil, drag a Partial layer shape that matches the size of the concentric layer onto the drawing page.
2. If necessary, customize the partial layer to suit the concentric layer in your onion diagram.
  
  To change the orientation of a partial layer, select it, and then on the Shape menu, point to Rotate or Flip. Click the appropriate option to reposition the shape.
  - To change the radius of a partial layer, drag the control handle on the outside edge.
  - To change the thickness of a partial layer, drag the control handle on the inside rim.
3. Drag the partial layer over the concentric layer that you want to divide until it snaps into place and its endpoints glue to connection points on the layers.
  The endpoints turn red when the shapes are glued.
To add text to a layer, select the layer or partial layer, and then type.

Some of the above steps give visual examples.

regards,

Matilda

>>> Sharon.Franolich@xxxxxxxxxxxx 2/07/07 3:09 pm >>>

Exactly Matilda, the text wraps around in a cicular shape...so you have text, arrow, text, arrow, text, arrow etc all in a circle until you come back to the start of the "circle". I hope I'm making sense!

I am using version 3.0 of Visio.

Sharon

From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MATILDA REICH
Sent: Monday, 2 July 2007 1:02 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: FW: visio help urgently required!

Hi Sharon,

Do you mean the text must wrap around the circumference of the circle?

Or, do you mean little balloon texts which orbit the circle?

What version of Visio do you use?

Matilda

>>> Sharon.Franolich@xxxxxxxxxxxx 2/07/07 2:55 pm >>>

From: Franolich, Sharon (RTP)
Sent: Monday, 2 July 2007 10:59 AM
To: 'austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: visio help urgently required!

Hi all,

I need to draw a circular diagram in Visio with text along the 'circle' and arrows connecting this text. All the arrows will go in the same direction. It's basically like a circular flow diagram really.

Is there a "shape" in Visio that lets you do this? I can't seem to find one anywhere.

Kind regards,

Sharon Franolich

Technical Writer

Rio Tinto Procurement

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