title: Include variables as strings inside a Visio shape?
body: <p>Can I include external data as text strings in Visio, or are they locked to shapes?</p>
  
  <p>I have successfully converted a set of json settings in key-value format to a two-column Excel spreadsheet. I can import the values to Visio, and can produce a shape with only the value in it. I want to insert the value as <em>part of</em> the text field in the shape. So, for the value "Save," rather than a process box labeled "Save" (what I can do now), I want a process box with the caption "User presses the Save button." In other words, "User presses the $value button." where $value = Save (keyed to the cell content in that row in Excel.)</p>
  
  <p>Is this possible, am I cooking up a use case that Microsoft does not support, or (ulp) "You can do it, but first you have to learn Visual Basic?" </p>