Select shapes partially within area

If you select shapes by using a selection net(dragging a box around shapes on the drawing page), you can change the selection settings to also include shapes that are partially within the selection net.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Visio\Application
Value NameAreaSelection
Value TypeREG_SZ
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

visio12.admx

Administrative Templates (Computers)

Administrative Templates (Users)