You can search for shapes and stencils that are local to your device. You can also search for stencils that are online, created by third-parties or Microsoft. In the search box at the top of the …

Some diagram types, such as FlowChart, Maps, and Network, have built-in stencils of 3D shapes. Browse for some in the Shapes window—click More Shapes , then point to the diagram type …

Use the Quick Shapes area of every stencil to make the shapes you use most easily accessible.

The Quick Shapes stencil is a dynamically generated collection of the Quick Shapes in all the stencils that are currently open. If there is more than one stencil in the diagram, the Quick …

Training: With Microsoft Visio, search online, download, and import shapes to enhance your diagram. Learn more in this online video.

Add shapes to a custom stencil. Drag shapes from the drawing page to the stencil. Or find a shape in another stencil, right-click it, select Add to My Shapes, and select your custom …

Use the Shapes palette to add, view, and remove stencils. With Visio Plan 2, you can now import custom stencils in Visio for the web, beyond the ones already available in Visio. For more …

Create custom stencils that contain the shapes you use most. You can open your custom stencils in any Visio diagram you work on.

Save downloaded stencils to your My Documents/My Shapes folder. Then you can find them in the Shapes window in Visio.

When you need a specific shape, find a shape that’s close and customize it to suit your needs. Right-click a shape, select Add to My Shapes, and choose the stencil where you want to store …