I'm new to Visio but not new to Office or Org charts in general and I tend to learn these things pretty easily so I'm baffled as to why I can't figure this out.

I'm trying to edit an existing org chart to rearrange some subordinates.  I keep trying to Move up/down and nothing happens when I click on the box and click the move up botton.  When I try to drag and drop an existing subordinate onto the manager hoping that it will move that person to the top, it creates another column to the side of the existing one.  This can't be that hard.  With as long as I've been messing with it, I probably could have deleted the subordinates and started over.

Hopefully you can help.

Hi ReneeRox,

According to your description, you wonder to edit the org chart and rearrange subordinates in Visio.

Please try these methods about Revise the reporting structure, the position type, and the location of shapes:

• To quickly create reporting relationships between one supervisor and several subordinates, drag either the Multiple shapes shape or the Three Positions shape on top of the supervisor shape.
• To convert the position type of one shape to a different position type, right-click the shape, click Change Position Type, click the position type that you want, and then click OK.
• To assign a position and its subordinates to a new supervisor, drag the shape that represents the subordinate position on top of the shape that represents the supervisor position to which you want the subordinate position to report.
• To move a position and keep the same reporting structure, click the shape that represents the position, point to Move Subordinates on the Organization Chart menu, and then click either Left/Up or Right/Down.

Note In Visio 2010, "Move Subordinates" is now the Move Left/Up and Move Right/Down buttons in the Arrange group of the Org Chart tab on the Ribbon.

• To change the layout of positions in a reporting structure, right-click the shape that represents the top level of the reporting structure, and then click Arrange Subordinates. Click the layout style that you want, and then click OK.

Please refer to this article about how to create org chart in Visio.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/301576/en-us

Hope its helpful.

Regards,

George Zhao
TechNet Community Support