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Old January 14th, 2009, 12:49 AM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
paulv
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I am creating a set of diagrams that are used together, and exist as several
separate .vsd files. Each of the files has several pages/tabs, but they all
use the same background.

I am hoping to put the backgrounds in a separate file and point foreground
pages to it, so I don't have to maintain the same background in each of the
many diagram files.

So the question is, can you configure a foreground page to use a background
that exists in an external file?
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Old January 14th, 2009, 10:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
David J Parker
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Default exteranl background file

Well, you could create a Visio document for your Background (just one page).
Save it, close it
Create new Visio document, insert a Background page, make this the
background to your Foreground pages.
Go to the Background page and Insert / Object / Visio document / Create from
File - Link to File

This should display the page from the previous document

It will update the link whenever you open the foreground documents (or when
you ask for an update)


"paulv" wrote in message
...
I am creating a set of diagrams that are used together, and exist as
several
separate .vsd files. Each of the files has several pages/tabs, but they
all
use the same background.

I am hoping to put the backgrounds in a separate file and point foreground
pages to it, so I don't have to maintain the same background in each of
the
many diagram files.

So the question is, can you configure a foreground page to use a
background
that exists in an external file?


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Old January 14th, 2009, 08:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.visio.general
paulv
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Default external background file

David,

Thanks very much for the idea. Here's what I found. It functions exactly as
you describe. Unfortunately, the visual quality/clarity of the embedded
object loses a lot in the translation.

I gather I am limited to using a page available in the Page Properties
Background drop-down list, and there is no other way to reference a
background page in an external file (like you can in other Office products,
like Excel--'[filename]worksheet'!cell)?

"David J Parker" wrote:

Well, you could create a Visio document for your Background (just one page).
Save it, close it
Create new Visio document, insert a Background page, make this the
background to your Foreground pages.
Go to the Background page and Insert / Object / Visio document / Create from
File - Link to File

This should display the page from the previous document

It will update the link whenever you open the foreground documents (or when
you ask for an update)


"paulv" wrote in message
...
I am creating a set of diagrams that are used together, and exist as
several
separate .vsd files. Each of the files has several pages/tabs, but they
all
use the same background.

I am hoping to put the backgrounds in a separate file and point foreground
pages to it, so I don't have to maintain the same background in each of
the
many diagram files.

So the question is, can you configure a foreground page to use a
background
that exists in an external file?


 




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