You can use menu commands to work with Visio shapes.
When you've completed this section you'll be familiar with Visio menus and you'll have practiced using some of the most useful ones.
The Shape menu consists of commands for arranging, positioning, grouping, and rotating shapes.
For instance, you can rotate a shape to the right.
For most of the menu commands there is an equivalent keyboard shortcut.
For example to rotate a shape to the left you press Ctrl+L.
The ellipsis marks after the Size & Position command on the Shape menu indicate that that command displays a dialog box in which you specify information.
You can change the height, width, angle, and position of a selected shape.
To change the width of a shape, you select the shape, choose the Size & Position command from the Shape menu, and type a new width.
Next you click OK.
The Help menu is where you can access specific shape and template help as well as general online assistance.
The View menu consists of commands that you can use to customize your Visio environment.
This menu includes the zoom command, page view commands, and commands for hiding and showing toolbars, the status bar, rulers, grids, guides, and connection points.
You hide the ruler by turning off the Ruler option.
You can also hide the grid by turning off the Grid.
When you right-click a shape, the toolbar, the stencil window, or the drawing page, a shortcut menu appears.
The shortcut menu gives you instant access to a range of functions associated with the object.
Now you are more familiar with the menus and their commands.
