Menus, toolbars, and stencils disappear in full-screen view in Visio

When you view a drawing, one or more of the following symptoms may occur:

• Menus, toolbars, title bars, status bars, scrollbars, and stencils disappear from Visio.
• A single drawing page fills the screen with a black background. No drawing grid is visible.
• You cannot edit the page that appears on screen.

If you do not see any part of the Visio interface, you may be in full-screen view (press F10). This view is useful if you want to see as much of the drawing page as possible while you are working.

To return to your usual screen, use either of the following methods.

Method 1: Press the ESC key

Press ESC to switch Visio back to the regular editing environment.

Method 2: Close full-screen view with the mouse

To close the full-screen view with the mouse, right-click anywhere in the window, and then click Close.

How to navigate between pages in full-screen view

• Press the LEFT ARROW, PAGE UP, or P keys to display the previous page.
• Press the RIGHT ARROW, PAGE DOWN, or N keys to display the next page.
• Click the left mouse button (when the mouse pointer is not over a hyperlink) to display the next page.
• Right-click anywhere in the window, and then click Previous Page, Next Page, or point to Go To and click a specific page name.

How to browse hyperlinks in full-screen view

Click any shapes that have hyperlinks to jump to the link. Visio opens the default Web browser and browses to the appropriate Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

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