Visio – How to Merge Multiple Shapes into Single Shape

Feel like a Visio shapeshifter? In this Visio tutorial, we show you how convert several shapes into a single shape, and also make sure the parts can’t be changed?

Visio – How to Merge Multiple Shapes into Single Shape

There are two steps:

1. Protect the components.
2. Protect the group.

Step 1: Protect the components:

1. Group the shape.
2. Select the group.
3. Right-click, Format, Behavior, Selection, Group only.

This protects the components, but does not protect the group from ungrouping, reshaping, or deleting.

Step 2: Protect the group

To fix this, we need to protect the group. Here’s how.

1. Right-click, Format, Protection.
2. Click All to check boxes.
3. Uncheck X, Y, & From
4. Select your grouped shape.
5. Right-click, then select Show Shapesheet.
6. Scroll down to Group Properties
7. Click DontMoveChildren and select TRUE.