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Shape numbering and style

Give shapes stable numbers for referencing them in documents and meetings, and keep the diagram's look consistent with the Styles panel.

Prerequisites​

Steps​

Show and hide shape numbers​

Open the Numbering panel in the side toolbar. Under Show shape numbers, toggle visibility for All shapes or only the Selected ones. Drag a shape's number to move it to a better spot.

Renumber shapes​

  • Manually: click Renumber to enter renumbering mode and click shapes one by one — a small popup next to each clicked shape shows the number it received. The mode stays on until you click Done. Duplicate numbers are flagged with a warning.
  • Automatically: expand Auto renumber, choose All or Selected shapes and a Starting number, and click the renumber button.

Style shapes, lines, and text​

Open the Styles panel with one or more elements selected:

  • Shape: Fill Color, Body Fill Style, Shadow, and Opacity.
  • Line: Line Color, Line Width, Line Dash, and Arrowheads (start and end).
  • Text: Font Size, Text Color, Text Alignment, Text Orientation, Text Bracket, and Line Spacing.

With nothing selected, the panel edits the Diagram Styles — the defaults new elements start with. To copy one element's shape and line formatting onto others, use the Format Painter in the toolbar — it stays active until you dismiss it, so you can restyle several elements in a row. Text styles aren't copied.

For aligning, spacing, and arranging shapes — smart guides, the Arrange panel, and Adjust Spacing — see Align and arrange shapes.