https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68474
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 68474
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: FILESAVE: lack of a Visio export filter
Severity: enhancement
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: 4.1.0.4 release
Component: Drawing
Product: LibreOffice
Hello all,
I am an information system security professional, and in the course of my work
I often have to provide diagrams of all kinds, working on workstations provided
by my customers. In all cases but one the professional context forced me to
rely on the Visio file format and obtaining access to this expensive tool often
proved problematic. Currently, I work in an environment where only one
workstation in the building has a Visio licence, my customers expect me to use
Microsoft Office formats to be able to read my work.
So here's the catch: I need to work on diagrams, and for this I am forced to
use an expensive and thus often unavailable tool, Microsoft Visio. I would love
to use LibreOffice Draw, especially in a portable version (I have LibreOffice
4.1 on an USB drive on my keychain) but I cannot because I often interact with
tools that expect a format it cannot output.
There already is a VSD import filter in LibreOffice 4.1 so I believe most of
the code required to add the export capacity is already written. Could you
please finish it and create a Visio format export filter? Beyond my personal
case, it could eliminate an obstacle to companies that would like to migrate
away from the Microsoft Office suite as a whole, but are prevented from doing
so by the need to still buy Visio licences.
Best regards,
Xavier
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