Microsoft KB Archive/286123

= Visio2000: How to Paste or Insert Visio Drawings into Other Programs =

PSS ID Number: 286123

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2002

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q286123



For a Microsoft Visio 2002 version of this article, see 296826.



SUMMARY
This article describes several methods that you can use to copy objects from Microsoft Visio and paste them into other Microsoft Office programs.



MORE INFORMATION
Use any of the following methods, as appropriate for your situation.

Method 1: Use the Select Special Command
 On the Edit menu, click Select Special. In the Select Special dialog box, click either Shape type or Layer. If you click Shape type, you can then click to select or clear any of the following check boxes (in any combination):

 Shapes Groups Guides</li> OLE objects</li> Metafiles</li> Bitmaps</li></ul>

If you click Layer, you can select some or all of the layers that you created.</li> Click OK.</li> On the Edit menu, click Copy.</li> Switch to the target file, such as a Microsoft Word document.</li> On the Edit menu, click Paste or Paste Special to insert what you copied from Visio into your document.</li></ol>

Method 2: Use the Select All Command

 * 1) On the Edit menu, click Select All.
 * 2) Switch to the target file, such as a Microsoft Word document.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Paste or Paste Special to insert what you copied from Visio into your document.

Method 3: Save the Visio Drawing as a Graphic File

 * 1) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 2) In the Save as type list, select a graphic file type (such as .jpg, .gif, .tif, .pct, .bmp, .wmf, or .png), and then click Save.
 * 3) Switch to the target file, such as a Microsoft Word document.
 * 4) On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
 * 5) Select the graphic file that you saved from Visio, and then click Insert.

NOTE: This method preserves the formatting of the shapes, text, and fill. The layer properties, however, are lost. For example, if a shape is on a hidden layer, that shape is not visible when you insert the graphic file.

Method 4: Use the Insert Visio Drawing Button
<ol> To install an Insert Visio Drawing button on the toolbar of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, run the Insert Visio Buttons program. This program is typically located in the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\System\Custom

</li> To use the button, click the Insert Visio Drawing button, and then click Browse Templates in the Choose Drawing Type dialog box.</li> In the Choose a Drawing Template dialog box, under Files of type, click Drawing (*.vsd). Select the drawing that you want to import and then click Open.</li></ol>

NOTE: If layers are locked or hidden, you must first unhide and unlock these layers in order to include all the elements of your drawing.

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