Configure Layout dialog box

Placement

• Style     Sets the style for how the shapes will be laid out. Look at the preview to see if what you select is what you want. Click Circular for drawings with no direction, such as network drawings.

• Direction     Sets the direction used to place shapes. Look at the preview to see if what you select is what you want. This option is enabled only if you select the Flowchart, Compact Tree, or Hierarchy placement styles.

• Alignment     Sets how shapes are aligned. This option is enabled only if you select the Hierarchy placement style.

• Spacing     Sets the spacing between shapes.

Connectors

• Style     Sets the type of path, or route, that is used to connect shapes. Look at the preview to see if what you select is what you want.

• Appearance     Specifies whether the connectors are a straight or curved. Look at the preview to see if what you select is what you want.

Apply routing style to connectors

Select this check box to apply the connector style and appearance you selected to all connectors on the current page or just the connectors you selected.

Apply settings to

Determines whether Microsoft Office Visio lays out only the selected shapes or all of the shapes on the current page.

Enlarge page to fit drawing

Select this check box to enlarge the drawing page to accommodate the drawing when shapes are automatically laid out.