[svlug] StarOffice Filter for Visio files?
James Leone
LINUXCPA at netscape.net
Wed Jan 15 20:11:27 PST 2003
kmself at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:49:18PM -0800, James Leone (linuxcpa at netscape.net) wrote:
>
>
>Please use postfix quoting format: your reply goes below the material
>cited. Trim your quotes appropriately and ensure your attributions are
>accurate.
>
>Thank you.
>
>
Is this a recursive complaint? :-D
>
>
>>Ixanian Craig Nichols wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Greg Herlein wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anyone know a way to get visio files into some app in
>>>>linux? Google's not helping me find much, so I'm hoping someone
>>>>has a trick.
>>>>
>>>>
>
>
>
>>>Not exactly, no. The only options I've found so far (in a very little bit
>>>of looking) are:
>>>
>>> - Open the file in Visio and save it to a different format. Visio groks
>>> several portable formats, such as eps, ps, vml, dwg/dxf (AutoCAD),
>>> jpg, gif, tif, png, bmp, and html.
>>>
>>>
>
>
>
>>Just a 'shot in the dark' / 'hail Mary' type thing...
>>
>>There is a program called Dia that appears to me to be similar to Visio.
>>
>>Look it up, you might get lucky!
>>
>>
>
>Verify your information before spready useless data.
>
>Dia is a Visio runalike. It does not handle Visio files. There are
>common exchange formats, but these must be generated from Viso or a
>Visio-compatible tool.
>
>Peace.
>
>
>
More information about the svlug
mailing list