On 12/04/2007 01:40 PM, Paul wrote: > On 12/04/2007 03:29 AM, Hinton, Carl wrote: > >> > Hi, >> > >> > can you open and edit MS-Visio diagrams with OpenOffice Draw? >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > Carl >> > >> >> Yes... if you save the file as a AutoCAD .dxf. From Draw: >> >> Insert|Picture|From File >> then >> Select the drawing & right-click on it. Select: Break >> that will unlink the objects in the drawing and you can then modify. Not >> as nice as Visio, but it works. >> > > Just for clarity. The OP was asking about using Visio, creating a drawing, > then opening that within OpenOffice (OOo) for further editing. > > Saving a drawing, from within Visio, as a .dxf or .dxg will produce nothing > that can be used within draw or any other OOo component. > > From a quick look - I can't see anything within Visio that would allow a > drawing to be used within OOo. > > /paul >
Just for clarity: you are mistaken and wrong. OOo Draw can easily insert a .dxf file, and you can edit the file if you do as I suggested. Perhaps you should take a longer than "quick" look next time and actually give it a try -- I did (on two linux systems no less) before responding to Carl. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
