Before you place a single shape, optimize your workspace.
Problem: "My connectors fly everywhere when I move a shape." Solution: You used "shape glue." Select the shape, go to View > Connection Points (turns on tiny 'x's). Reconnect your lines to those 'x' marks. Then lock the shape (Developer > Protection > Shape > Lock from... but use sparingly). microsoft visio tips
Problem: "The text in my shape is huge/small." Solution: You disabled auto-resize. Right-click shape > Format Shape > Text Options > Text Box. Uncheck "Do not autofit." Set "Resize shape to fit text." Before you place a single shape, optimize your workspace
Problem: "My page is 100 pages wide because I dropped an arrow too far right." Solution: Design > Size > Fit to Drawing. Then Design > Size > Letter (or A4). Click "Adjust to new size" when prompted. Organizing a complex flowchart can get messy when
Organizing a complex flowchart can get messy when you need to move a group of related steps. Grouping shapes (Ctrl+G) works, but it limits editing flexibility. The better solution is Containers.
A beautiful diagram with unreadable text is useless.