I upgraded to office 2010 just this past week, and after the upgrade I noticed I could no longer search for shapes in Visio 2007. I tried a repair.  I re-indexed everything in the Indexing Options in the control panel. I uninstalled reinstalled. and then I upgraded to Visio 2010 and aboslutely nothing has worked to fix this issue. please advise

What word(s) are you searching for?

The Internet shape search was removed in 2010. Some shapes are available for download on the MS Download Center (http://download.microsoft.com). The local shape search should still be working.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179128.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2019049

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio-help/find-more-shapes-and-stencils-HA010199678.aspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio-help/find-more-shapes-and-stencils-HA010199678.aspx

This site mentions "Office Marketplace providers" - shame that when you follow the link to

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/downloads-FX101782744.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA010199678

there is not a single category for Visio!

 

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

Yeah, it would be nice if there was at least a for Process Managemnt or Business Process or something like that. I suppose Visio Shapes would be easiest. Searching for Visio Shapes and filtering by Downloads on the left gives me this:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=visio+stencil&filter=5

There was a KB article that we came out with for downloading discontinued stencils that were in 2007 and earlier versions.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/980536

Without knowing what word(s) Joeloco is searching for it's kind of hard to help here.

• Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, July 26, 2010 4:49 AM

If the shape search is no longer supported, why is there a search edit control under shapes?

If the shape search is no longer supported, why is there a search edit control under shapes?

Shape search is still supported. Internet shape search is no longer available.

Mind you, when shapes are found the shape search display is really badly broken. The display used to show which stencil the shapes had been found in (which was very, very useful because it gave you a clue to where other similar shapes might be found), but now it's just a list of shapes with duplicates (and you have no idea which is metric and which is US units. Yes, I know the information is available if you do <shape>right-click -> properties, but that isn't the point.