Dynamic shape colors: color palette?
I am having a hard time finding guidance for this and am hoping someone can point me to the right guidance.
I have a number of visio files, all of them visual representations of workflows. I have color-coded each, but if I want to change colors systematically (ie: hey, I want all of those things that are coded blue to be coded red instead) I currently would
have to go to each file and re-color all of the shapes. Obviously a poor solution.
Is there a way to define a color palette, tell visio to use that palette for various shapes, then allow for dynamic changes to that palette that would be reflected in the visio shapes?
I have explored Data Graphics and assigning color by shape value, but those colors are hard-wired.
Thanks for any ideas!
Hi Mitofi，
Your required may need some macro via VBA code. I'll move your question to the MSDN forum for General Develop forum
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