Then drag the handle the appropriate length. To adjust length, hold the mouse pointer over the begin point (selection handle with an 'x' in the center) or the end point (selection handle with a '+' in the center), until it changes to a four-headed arrow. NOTE: A bounding outline appears around the shape, and green squares (handles) appear regularly spaced around it. With the pointer tool, click to select the shape. The method that you use to size shapes depends on whether the shape is one-dimensional (1-D) or two-dimensional (2-D). This article describes how to size or resize shapes within a Microsoft Office Visio drawing. On the Format menu, click, click the Compression tab, select Delete cropped areas of pictures, and then click OK.For a Microsoft Visio 2000 version of this article, see 290901.įor a Microsoft Visio 5 version of this article, see 288749. Tip To reduce the size of an picture, delete the cropped areas. Note When you change the size of an object’s border with the Crop tool, the object itself is not resized, but the amount of the object that is visible is reduced or enlarged.

Click the General tab, select the Lock size and position check box, and then click OK.

Right-click the CAD drawing, point to CAD Drawing Object, and then click Properties.

To lock a CAD drawing so that you don’t accidentally move or resize it while you are working, do the following:.

When you’re done, click the Pointer tool.

To see a different portion (“pan” the drawing, picture, or object), place your pointer over the object until the pointer becomes a hand symbol, and then drag.

Drag the selection handles until only the portion of the drawing, picture, or object that you want is visible.

(If the Picture toolbar is not visible, on the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Picture.) Tip For CAD drawings, you can also right-click the drawing and click Crop Tool.

Click the Crop tool on the Picture toolbar.

Select the CAD drawing, picture, object.

Click the General tab, clear the Lock size and position check box, and then click OK.

Right-click the AutoCAD drawing, point to CAD Drawing Object, and then click Properties.To crop an AutoCAD drawing, first unlock it by doing the following:.You can crop an AutoCAD drawing, picture, or a linked or embedded object.

Visio lock image on resize