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May 22, 2018

Embedded Visio with Links

Is there a way to add an embedded Visio diagram with links and have them work in Word without needing to open Visio?

  • Colleen Kayter's avatar
    Colleen Kayter
    Brass Contributor
    May 27, 2018

    Is the intent to be able to follow links if the user does not have Visio? If so, I'd say can't be done. Embedded files must have access to source app.

     

    I tried saving a Visio file as a PDF, which did allow the link to remain live and I could follow the link from within Acrobat. But when I embedded the PDF in Word, it came through as a static image. And I have Acrobat Pro, so if it were possible for a PDF to remain live, that would have worked.

     

    Alternative: Save Visio diagrams as PDF files, keeping the default options (dialog box appears). Save Word doc as PDF. Combine the two in Acrobat Pro or one of the free/cheap online PDF building tools.

     

     

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