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.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Registry Path | software\policies\microsoft\office\14.0\visio\application |
| Value Name | areaselection |
| Value Type | REG_SZ |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |