On Sunday 24 October 2010 09:27, Luther Coston wrote: > I have seen the program, OpenOffice, on the Kim Kommando website and have a > question. Is an element of the program similar (or like) VISIO in > Microsoft Office? I am most appreciative and look forward to your > response.
Visio save formats are proprietary, owned by Microsoft, and they don't want anyone else to use them in another program. This is called "vendor lock-in". It is when you get locked into one vendor and their product, and as others upgrade you have to pay to upgrade as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock_in There are many alternative drawing programs each with various degrees of similarity. None are directly compatible. * Dia * Draw (as part of OpenOffice.org) * Inkscape * The GIMP * Photoshop (Proprietary) * Autocad (Proprietary) To list a few. To take existing Visio images and use them in other programs could be problematic if you want the full vector graphic image. Look for export options in Visio as your first choice. Alternatively if you do not have Visio you can at least download a viewer on Windows which allows viewing in Internet Explorer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visio#External_links From the viewed image a raster screenshot could be taken as a last resort. HTH -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
