You can send your drawing to another user who may not have that stencil. Of course, you could also include your stencil file with your drawing to enable access. Display the stencil s drawing page by double clicking on a master shape. Note the name in the drawing page title bar. It s the same as the stencil.
File types correspond to different views of common data.
In Visio 2000, saving a Workspace file is no longer an option in the Save As dialog. The Workspace file type is still supported however. A template is a convenient way to set up a new drawing exactly the way you want and in addition open any relevant stencils to be used with the drawing. When a new drawing is created, based upon a template, the new drawing is a copy of the template, but created as a drawing file. This new drawing contains a copy of any drawing elements that were in the template and has the same drawing environment and workspace defined as the template.