Re: Visio files?

In the message "Re: [MAGNet] Visio files?", dated 10/20/05, Greg Merritt wrote:

>Yeah, looks like the Omni product only opens the .xml... my dream
>solution is one where a .vsd can be opened directly, without having
>the originator re-send. Hmmm....

   Direct import of Visio .vsd files still seems to be one of the
missing Windows integration pieces for OS X users.

   One more option to throw into the mix: Odessa's ConceptDraw, as
well as the latest OmniGraffle, can import Visio XML files. In
addition, Odessa offers a couple of conversion options for getting
Visio .vsd files into ConceptDraw's own file format:

   http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/visio/Help/ConverterHelp.shtml

   My colleague, Tony Roybal, explored several .vsd conversion
options, including Odessa's Mail Conversion Service, a while back,
but from what I recall he didn't find any to be satisfactory ...

Aron Roberts
Workstation Software Support Group

P.S. You can find one list of Windows <-> OS X "file integration solutions" at:

   http://www.macwindows.com/filetran.html

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Received on Thu Oct 20 11:37:39 2005