Define Styles dialog box

Use this dialog box to create, edit, rename, or delete styles.

Style

Name

Displays a list of existing styles, as well as any new styles you create. If a shape is selected, the style for that shape appears in the Name box.

Based On

Displays the style on which the selected style (in the Name box) is based.

Add/Change

When you finish defining or revising a style, click this button to add the new or revised style to the Name list and keep the dialog box open.

Delete

Deletes the style selected in the Name list. Any shapes formatted with the deleted style are reformatted with the Based on style. Any local formatting previously applied to the shapes is preserved.

Rename

Opens the Rename Style dialog box, which displays the name of the style selected in the Name list.

Includes

Text

Indicates whether the selected style includes attributes for text.

Line

Indicates whether the selected style includes attributes for lines.

Fill

Indicates whether the selected style includes attributes for fills.

Change

If a style is selected in the Name box, the Text, Line, and Fill dialog boxes display the current style's attributes; if no style is selected, the dialog boxes display either default attributes or attributes for the style in the Based on box.

Text

Opens the Text dialog box, in which you can define text attributes for the style.

Line

Opens the Line dialog box, in which you can define line attributes for the style.

Fill

Opens the Fill dialog box, in which you can define fill attributes for the style.

Hidden Style

Select this check box to hide the selected style. The style name will not appear in the Style dialog box; it will only be available from the Define Styles dialog box and in the Drawing Explorer window.

Preserve local formatting on apply

Select this check box and click the Apply button to have Microsoft Office Visio apply the style to the selected shapes but keep any formatting you've already applied, such as making text bold.

Clear this check box and click the Apply button, to have Visio apply the style to the selected shapes and remove any formatting you've already applied. For example, if you made a shape's text bold and then selected a style that didn't specify bold text, Visio would remove the bold formatting.