MS Visio 2010 | Self-Updating MasterShapes

Hello TechNet Com,
is there any option in Visio 2010 to "integrate" the MasterShapes, that if i make some changes in my MasterShapes all drawings where i used these MasterShapes get updated with the new shapes? Or do i have to "re-draw" every single drawing
with the updated Shapes?
I hope you understand what i want to ask, sorry for my english :)
Looking forward to some answers.
kind regards

According to your description, my understanding is that you want to update the shapes which based on the master shapes after you made some changes about the master shapes. Once a shape has been dropped on a page the master for that
shape is placed in the Document Stencil, if changes are made to *that* master then the changes can propagate to the instances on your pages. It does depend on what changes are made to the master though.
We can only make changes to master shapes that are in a new stencil ( Not in the build-in stencil). It won't propagate to the existing shapes on a drawing.
Some 3<sup>rd</sup> –party addins may require your needs.
http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=965.0
We may also use a macro via VBA code. If you need detail help， please post it in MSND forum.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=exceldev&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc

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