The Off-Page Reference shape is intended to be used with Wire shapes on Schematic pages in Visio. The shape is in the Wire Shapes stencil within the Visio interface.
This shape allows you to create a "placeholder" shape at one end of a Wire shape that either references a connection on another Schematic page in the Visio file.
You can drag the shape from the Shapes tab above, or you can right-click a wire shape and select D-Tools > Wire > Create Off-Page Reference.
The following form will open.
Select whether you want the reference on an existing page or create a new one.
In this example, a new page is created, and the type of page is selected to be "Schematic."
The shape will display the name of the page where a corresponding shape has been dropped.
In this example, a new page was created, and corresponding Off-Page Reference and Wire shapes were dropped onto the page.
The Off-Page Reference shape on the new page is connected to the opposite end of the wire and lists the page name, the component ID, and the label of the I/O from the product where the wire is attached on the other page.
There is a Project Setting to default this shape to display the page number vs. the page name.
If you now make a connection on this page with the other end of the wire as shown below, the corresponding off-page reference on the other page will automatically update with the component ID and label of the connection.
Shape Data Window
All user adjustments are available as shape data fields in the Shape Data window.
To see the Shape Data window, select the shape, click the View tab, then select Shape Data from the Task Panes dropdown.
You can access other commonly used settings by right-clicking the shape.
Off-Page Reference Shape Data
The following image displays the shape data fields for the Off-Page Reference shape. The default fields for this shape are Page Name, Component ID, and Label.
The following are the shape data fields.
Field | Description |
Match Wire Color | When set to True, the Off-Page Reference shape will change to be the color of the Wire shape.
The default is False. |
Display Page Number | You can choose to show the page number vs. the page name.
The default is False. |
Display Port Label | Choose whether or not to display the label of the I/O connection.
The default is True. |
Display Port Signal | Choose whether or not to display the signal of the I/O connection.
The default is True. |
Display Port Terminal | Choose whether or not to display the terminal of the I/O connection.
The default is True. |
Major Separator | You can change this to any of the symbols shown in the shot below. This is the separator for the connection information, page name (or number), and component ID.
The default is a long dash.
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Minor Separator | You can change this to any of the symbols shown in the shot below. This is the separator between the label, signal, and terminal.
The default is a short dash.
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Outline Style | You have the option to change this to Chevron Only, which is shown below.
The default value is Full Outline (which is shown in all of the examples above).
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Hyperlink
When you hover over the shape, a hyperlink symbol will appear.
Push the Ctrl key and click on the shape, and you will be brought to the corresponding shape on either the same page or a different page.