Video: Change the drawing scale

Applies To
Visio Professional 2024 Visio Standard 2024 Visio Professional 2021 Visio Standard 2021 Visio Professional 2019 Visio Standard 2019 Visio Professional 2016 Visio Standard 2016

Try it!

When your diagram contains real-world objects that are larger than the printed page, set-up the drawing scale to reflect the actual size.

  1. Go to the page that you want to change the drawing scale on, and select Design.

  2. In the Page Setup group, select the More arrow.
    Screenshot of Page Set toolbar up with Auto Size selected

    Tip

    Each page in a drawing can have a different drawing scale.

  3. Select Drawing Scale.

  4. Select Pre-defined scale, and choose the pre-defined scale you want.

  5. Select a scale ratio if you'd like, or select Custom Scale and enter your own values.

  6. Select OK.

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