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Visio Standard vs. Visio Pro
I have Visio Pro at my office. I'd like to buy the standard edition (pro is
too expensive) for home to work with docs at night. I use Visio for basic web page site maps and mockups. Nothing too complicated. I'd like to know if 1. I can open Visio PRO files using the standard edition and 2. Will i be able to do the same work at home using standard that I do at work on PRO? Please help. Tanks ~b |
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Thanks,
I looked through the comparison but it does not state if I can open Visio PRO docs in Visio STANDARD. Presumably I can but I can't find anywhere stating that is in fact possible. I just want to make sure before I drop $200.00 on STANDARD. Thanks for your feedback ~b "Al Edlund" wrote: I'd start over here for a feature comparison http://www.microsoft.com/office/visi.../editions.mspx al "B Taylor" B wrote in message ... I have Visio Pro at my office. I'd like to buy the standard edition (pro is too expensive) for home to work with docs at night. I use Visio for basic web page site maps and mockups. Nothing too complicated. I'd like to know if 1. I can open Visio PRO files using the standard edition and 2. Will i be able to do the same work at home using standard that I do at work on PRO? Please help. Tanks ~b |
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the "open" is a conditional yes. The issue is whether the document you are
attempting to open requires one of the addins. That's why the feature question is so important. Web diagramming is one of those features that may require you to be at the professional version. Al "btaylor" wrote in message ... Thanks, I looked through the comparison but it does not state if I can open Visio PRO docs in Visio STANDARD. Presumably I can but I can't find anywhere stating that is in fact possible. I just want to make sure before I drop $200.00 on STANDARD. Thanks for your feedback ~b "Al Edlund" wrote: I'd start over here for a feature comparison http://www.microsoft.com/office/visi.../editions.mspx al "B Taylor" B wrote in message ... I have Visio Pro at my office. I'd like to buy the standard edition (pro is too expensive) for home to work with docs at night. I use Visio for basic web page site maps and mockups. Nothing too complicated. I'd like to know if 1. I can open Visio PRO files using the standard edition and 2. Will i be able to do the same work at home using standard that I do at work on PRO? Please help. Tanks ~b |
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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:14:02 -0700, "btaylor"
wrote: Thanks, I looked through the comparison but it does not state if I can open Visio PRO docs in Visio STANDARD. Presumably I can but I can't find anywhere stating that is in fact possible. I just want to make sure before I drop $200.00 on STANDARD. Visio Standard will open Visio Pro documents but you may not have access to the stencils used or any add-on used by Pro. If the facilities of an add-on were used in Pro then editing in Standard may break the document. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/ SanDriLa - SDL/MSC/TTCN/UML2 application for Visio http://www.sandrila.co.uk/ |
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Thanks for the help!
"Paul Herber" wrote: On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:14:02 -0700, "btaylor" wrote: Thanks, I looked through the comparison but it does not state if I can open Visio PRO docs in Visio STANDARD. Presumably I can but I can't find anywhere stating that is in fact possible. I just want to make sure before I drop $200.00 on STANDARD. Visio Standard will open Visio Pro documents but you may not have access to the stencils used or any add-on used by Pro. If the facilities of an add-on were used in Pro then editing in Standard may break the document. -- Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/ SanDriLa - SDL/MSC/TTCN/UML2 application for Visio http://www.sandrila.co.uk/ |
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btaylor wrote:
Visio Standard will open Visio Pro documents but you may not have access to the stencils used or any add-on used by Pro. If the facilities of an add-on were used in Pro then editing in Standard may break the document. I believe you will not be able to use the add-on's functionality but you will NOT break the document. Whatever that is done by the add-on, you will have to do it manually, if the add-on is not there. VKY |
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I have a similar question.
If I create, say a network diagram, which isn't one of the templates available in standard, will users with standard be able to view the diagram, complete with shapes? If they can view the shapes, can they move them around? With the big price difference, I would like to get some of the support staff the standard edition, but they sometimes do some formatting for engineers at the company, and would need to do some basic things with the diagrams created in professional. Any help is appreciated. - Mike Scott "VKY" wrote in message ... btaylor wrote: Visio Standard will open Visio Pro documents but you may not have access to the stencils used or any add-on used by Pro. If the facilities of an add-on were used in Pro then editing in Standard may break the document. I believe you will not be able to use the add-on's functionality but you will NOT break the document. Whatever that is done by the add-on, you will have to do it manually, if the add-on is not there. VKY |
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You should be able to do most basic manipulations of a Visio Pro diagram
with Visio Standard, they both use the same drawing program. Where is gets tricky is Visio Pro comes with extra add-ins stored in seperate DLLs that add extra functionality to the shapes. 99.99% of the time these will not cause any problems and any modifications with Visio standard should not degrade the drawing when returned to Visio Pro. John... Visio MVP Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm "Michael Scott" wrote in message ... I have a similar question. If I create, say a network diagram, which isn't one of the templates available in standard, will users with standard be able to view the diagram, complete with shapes? If they can view the shapes, can they move them around? With the big price difference, I would like to get some of the support staff the standard edition, but they sometimes do some formatting for engineers at the company, and would need to do some basic things with the diagrams created in professional. Any help is appreciated. - Mike Scott "VKY" wrote in message ... btaylor wrote: Visio Standard will open Visio Pro documents but you may not have access to the stencils used or any add-on used by Pro. If the facilities of an add-on were used in Pro then editing in Standard may break the document. I believe you will not be able to use the add-on's functionality but you will NOT break the document. Whatever that is done by the add-on, you will have to do it manually, if the add-on is not there. VKY |
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That answers my question.
Thanks a bunch! "John Marshall, MVP" wrote in message ... You should be able to do most basic manipulations of a Visio Pro diagram with Visio Standard, they both use the same drawing program. Where is gets tricky is Visio Pro comes with extra add-ins stored in seperate DLLs that add extra functionality to the shapes. 99.99% of the time these will not cause any problems and any modifications with Visio standard should not degrade the drawing when returned to Visio Pro. John... Visio MVP Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm "Michael Scott" wrote in message ... I have a similar question. If I create, say a network diagram, which isn't one of the templates available in standard, will users with standard be able to view the diagram, complete with shapes? If they can view the shapes, can they move them around? With the big price difference, I would like to get some of the support staff the standard edition, but they sometimes do some formatting for engineers at the company, and would need to do some basic things with the diagrams created in professional. Any help is appreciated. - Mike Scott "VKY" wrote in message ... btaylor wrote: Visio Standard will open Visio Pro documents but you may not have access to the stencils used or any add-on used by Pro. If the facilities of an add-on were used in Pro then editing in Standard may break the document. I believe you will not be able to use the add-on's functionality but you will NOT break the document. Whatever that is done by the add-on, you will have to do it manually, if the add-on is not there. VKY |
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