2007-09-20
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Visio sucks, too
Keyboard shortcuts - Visio - Microsoft Office Online:
Edit: What's more, unlike everything else in the MS Office suite, it doesn't create application instances across the task bar; only the one active document shows up, so you have to switch focus by going to whatever the current Visio document is, then Window menu > 1, 2, etc., or (ew!) "cascade" view within the single App window, which requires its own Shape Palette for EACH INSTANCE. Yeah, I know Visio's a separate product from Office, but it shares SO MUCH with Office structure, it's strange that these fundamental UI choices are so far off!
Edit: I mean, Visio even puts its "Headers and Footers" in the same, ridiculous "View" menu which Excel and Word also use. That's an option that should be under a "Format" menu or even "Page Setup" -- "View" is how you LOOK AT the document, not how you EDIT what's in it.
*shakes fist impotently*
HOLY CRAP, how can they use "ESC" as the only key which means "I'm done inputting text in this form"? ESC means "NO, WAIT, ABANDON SHIP!"
- ESC - Clear selection of or focus on a shape.
- F2 - Toggle between text edit and shape selection mode on a selected shape.
Edit: What's more, unlike everything else in the MS Office suite, it doesn't create application instances across the task bar; only the one active document shows up, so you have to switch focus by going to whatever the current Visio document is, then Window menu > 1, 2, etc., or (ew!) "cascade" view within the single App window, which requires its own Shape Palette for EACH INSTANCE. Yeah, I know Visio's a separate product from Office, but it shares SO MUCH with Office structure, it's strange that these fundamental UI choices are so far off!
Edit: I mean, Visio even puts its "Headers and Footers" in the same, ridiculous "View" menu which Excel and Word also use. That's an option that should be under a "Format" menu or even "Page Setup" -- "View" is how you LOOK AT the document, not how you EDIT what's in it.
*shakes fist impotently*
OK, I wasn't going to do this, but...
It's my BIRTHDAY, right?!
Send me presents of music and video, of photos and text. If it's something you made, all the better. I DEMAND TRIBUTE AS YOUR ELDER.
Er, and and if I'm not your elder, indulge me anyway. I'm fragile at this age.
Send me presents of music and video, of photos and text. If it's something you made, all the better. I DEMAND TRIBUTE AS YOUR ELDER.
Er, and and if I'm not your elder, indulge me anyway. I'm fragile at this age.