Microsoft KB Archive/281903

= Improvements in the Find feature in Visio =

Article ID: 281903

Article Last Modified on 12/15/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q281903



SUMMARY
The Find feature has been improved in Microsoft Office Visio to allow searching within custom properties, shape names, and user-defined cells in addition to shape text.



MORE INFORMATION
The Find dialog box contains four new check boxes for selecting where to search for text in a particular shape:
 * Shape text
 * Custom Property (in Visio 2003) Shape Data (in Visio 2007)
 * Shape name
 * User-defined cell

You can choose any combination of these four search criteria. The Find Next button is unavailable unless at least one of the Search in check boxes is checked.

The Find dialog box also contains a dynamically updated Found in text field. When a match is found, the Found in box indicates the location of the found text. If a match is found in a custom property or a user-defined cell, the Found in box contains the custom property name or user-defined cell name in addition to the site location.

Additional points about the Find feature

 * When custom properties are being searched, only custom properties marked as visible are searched. Custom properties marked as hidden are not searched for.
 * When the shape name is being searched, only the first occurrence of the matching text within the name is indicated.
 * When the custom properties or user-defined cells are being searched, only the first occurrence of the matching text within each custom property or user-defined cell is indicated.
 * The Value in custom properties is searched for. If a match is found, the text in the Label cell will be displayed in the Found in box.
 * Custom properties and user-defined cells for pages are not searched.

Additional query words: VSO2007 VSO 2003 whats new function search visio2002 visio2003 VSO2003

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