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Problems after upgrading from Visio 2002 to 2003
Hi,
I use Word 2000, and until last week, Visio 2002. My company has now enforced the updgrade to Visio 2003 and things just aren't the same! My preferred method of getting Visio drawings into Word is to copy the drawing in Visio (Ctrl-C) and paste it into Word (Ctrl-V). Easy. With Visio 2002 that worked flawlessly. But with Visio 2003 I have the following issues: 1. The drawing is scaled differently. I have the margins set in Word and Visio so that Word shouldn't have to scale to fit. But with Visio 2003, it's doing something strange so that the pasted drawing is scaled to 82%, whereas it was at 100% with Visio 2002. I tested this scaling thing with a drawing I'd created in Visio 2002 and pasted it into the same Word template. Scaled to 82%. When I'd done this before with Visio 2002, it was definitely 100%. 2. Dashed lines are converted to solid lines. This wasn't a problem with Visio 2002. Is there a setting I can change somewhere to make it behave like Visio 2002? Or will I have to change my method of working. Not enjoying Visio 2003 yet. David. |
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The best way to avoid such issues is to add visio diagrams
using the Insert-Object menu. -- EventStudio 2.5 - http://www.EventHelix.com/EventStudio Model in Plain Text; Generate Sequence Diagrams in PDF/Word |
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Thanks,
I need to create all my diagrams in Visio, and then select a page at a time and paste it at the appropriate location in the Word document. The best way I've found to do it is to Paste Special and select Enhanced Metafile. This method preserves the scale of the drawing properly. But with this method, even though they aren't converted to solid lines, the dashed lines end up much thicker than they should be. For example, in Visio I have a 0.5pt dashed line, but when pasted into Word it becomes more like 2 or 3pt. It looks ridiculous. Isn't it possible to paste a Visio 2003 drawing into Word without having it distorted or degraded? David. |
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A good option to do that would be to use "link to file".
1. Use Insert-Object menu 2. Click on the create from file tab in the dialog box. 3. Check the link to file checkbox. 4. Select the file. Repeat this for all the files. The advantage of this approach is that you will need to do this only once. Subsequent changes to the diagrams will be automatically reflected in the Word document. -- EventStudio 2.5 - http://www.EventHelix.com/EventStudio Model in Plain Text; Generate Sequence Diagrams in PDF/Word |
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If you export your Visio drawings as
raster images (GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.) and then imported the raster image into Word, basically what you see in Word should be the same as what you see in Visio, minus any posssible degradation in bitmap quality that may result from exporting to raster format. Enhanced Metafile won't do that for you, unfortunately. Don't know if that will cause more trouble than it's worth for you, but in the end, it may be the only surefire way around this issue. Also, you may wish to try grouping some portions of your image in Visio together, and then see if the display and line thicknesses change at all in Word. It seems silly, but you might even need to resort to rasterizing the offending arrows and lines (in Visio, copy the selected object, and do a Paste Special as a "Device Independent Bitmap") and then do your Paste Special into Word. At any rate, this problem occurs because Microsoft apparently hasn't quite gotten it right regarding line thickness and arrow sizes, converting from MS Office to metafile format. - Jeff Chapman "Harmless" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks, I need to create all my diagrams in Visio, and then select a page at a time and paste it at the appropriate location in the Word document. The best way I've found to do it is to Paste Special and select Enhanced Metafile. This method preserves the scale of the drawing properly. But with this method, even though they aren't converted to solid lines, the dashed lines end up much thicker than they should be. For example, in Visio I have a 0.5pt dashed line, but when pasted into Word it becomes more like 2 or 3pt. It looks ridiculous. Isn't it possible to paste a Visio 2003 drawing into Word without having it distorted or degraded? David. |
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Thanks for the replies. I guess there are a few workarounds, I'll have
to just try them to see which one works best. David. |
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Unfortunately, Visio 2003 and Word 2000 use different display surfaces which
make metafiles look a little different. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Harmless" wrote in message oups.com... Thanks for the replies. I guess there are a few workarounds, I'll have to just try them to see which one works best. David. |
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Mark,
Thanks for the info. Will upgrading to Word 2003 fix the problem? Thanks, David. |
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It will address the problem of different display technologies. I have good
success pasting Visio images into Word as Enhanced Metafiles. That seems to offer the best fidelity. -- Mark Nelson Microsoft Corporation This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. "Harmless" wrote in message oups.com... Mark, Thanks for the info. Will upgrading to Word 2003 fix the problem? Thanks, David. |
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Thanks Mark,
David. |
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