Applies To
Visio Plan 2 Visio Professional 2021 Visio Standard 2021 Visio Professional 2019 Visio Standard 2019 Visio Professional 2016 Visio Standard 2016

Note: Changes you make to settings on this tab apply to the currently displayed drawing page only, not to the entire file.

Type

Lists properties for either the drawing page (the Foreground page) or the Background page.

Name

To change the name of the drawing page, type a name containing up to 31 characters.

Background

Lists the names of the background pages in the drawing. The background you select in this list is assigned to the current page.

If you haven't created a background page, the only item that appears in the list is None. See Add a background in Visio for instructions. 

Measurement units

Choose the measurement unit you want the Visio rulers to display on the page. Unless you specify different units here, the ruler units are those specified in the drawing scale (on the Drawing Scale tab).

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