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Hi Roger, Thanks, great suggestions both. They are now implemented. (I was pleased but embarrassed by the ease of the second one...:-) Also, I've disabled rotation altogether on non-nested object types. Anything else you can think of that should go into v16? Regards, Andy

And Roger, This last suggestion also raises some other interesting questions: If we're going to force the 90-degree increments on the fact types, wouldn't this include the objectified fact types? And if it's useful to force these 90-degree jumps on those, wouldn't it be useful to force them on all object-type ...

Roger, You've helped immensely with your suggestions. I must say, I'd never thought of such fixes before; and also, even then I never foresaw how nicely the fixes, as I chose to implement them, would make the shape behave. So these are all gifts from heaven and from you. And I must say your final suggestion is growing ...

Roger,  Another super suggestion. Please give the attached a try, and let me know whether this needs further improvement. Many thanks, Best regards, Andy

Hi Roger, Thanks. The suggestion about better auto-text-repositioning is super. I invite you to give my first attempt a test-drive. Please see the attached, and do let me know to what extent this solves your problem. Regards, Andy

Hi Roger, P.S., I wanted to ask whether you are aware of the following features, with which your comments suggested, you might be unfamiliar: 1) You can enter line-feeds into the shape-text, in Visio, to spread the text over more than one line. This can significantly reduce the space-hungriness of horizontal text on a vertical fact type... 2) On ...

Hi Roger,  You have very helpfully made clear to me that there is less than I had imagined that one can really assume about people's preferences on this. Thank you. So I think you're right, a more flexible solution is in order. I think I should allow people to adjust the text-angle manually (through the ...

Hi Roger,  Thanks for the comments, I always appreciate your thoughtful and pertinent feedback. Indeed, it is so thoughtful that I'm afraid I'm going to have to give it more time than I have available immediately, in order to appreciate fully what you're getting at, simply because it's 1:21 AM where I am... So, with ...

Hi Ken,  Thanks for this eludication. Yes, I agree, we seem to have a fundamental difference with regard to what an "accurate model" is. I believe in something that philosophers sometimes call "objectivity", meaning a grasp of a reality that yes, is really "out there". If we could get David Hume and Immanuel ...

Hi Marc, I hate to tell you, but you're our domain expert, by default :-) As such, I've got to tell you, I don't understand how someone could be all three: working for a Federal Agency (recorded), working for a Public Organization (recorded), and at the very same time, having their employment "not listed".   I was ...