Diagram Drafting Canvas

The MS Visio sub-window contains the diagram drawing canvas and provides access to stencils as well as attributes through the Shape Data window.

• Shape attributes are available through the Shape Data window (see below).

• There are right-click menus available for shapes as well as for the drawing background providing context sensitive short-cuts for common functions.

• When an item is selected on the drawing, it will automatically be made the Current Element (CE), which means that it will be selected in the explorer and other windows that track the CE.

• When an item is selected in the explorer, it will however not be selected in the drawing automatically. In case the user wants to select it, there is a Select in Drawing command on the right click menu in the explorer.

• Navigation such as Scrolling, Panning, Zooming in the drawing window can be achieved through standard Visio functions such as Ctrl+Shift+Click on left and right mouse buttons. See table below.

  Ctrl+Shift+Left Mouse button click	Zoom in
  Ctrl+Shift+Right Mouse button click	Zoom out
  Ctrl+Shift+Right Mouse button drag	Pan

• A number of Function Keys are available for easy access and commonly used commands. For further information, refer to Keyboard Shortcuts and Function Keys.

• For further information about the drawing window, refer to the MS Visio documentation.