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How to open a file with .vsd extension?

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 Divi -
Hello,

I viewed the vsd file with a hex editor, which would be the Visio document format.

http://support.esrifrance.fr/outilsscripts/arcgis/arccatalog/geodatabase/gdbdiagrammer/gdbdiagrammer.html

It's impossible to read it with OpenOffice 1.1.5, which seems normal to me since it's a Microsoft format.

What software works on Linux?
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Open source and Linux are the future of computing ;-)

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Asclepios
 
Hello, so a late reply, but I only encountered the issue today,
To be able to open and edit Visio files, you need Open Office Draw

in order:

- Open your document in Visio... and yes, there's no other way at the beginning
-*in Visio* Edit menu/select all
-*in Visio* Edit menu/copy
-*in Draw* Edit menu/special paste
-*in Draw* Edit menu/select all
-*in Draw* right-click on your document; select "Split"

and that's it, you have transformed a document from a proprietary format to an open-source format

Best regards
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kikou
 
Open your document in Vision....and yes, we have no choice at the beginning; So yes, if you don't have Vision, we're done here. Isn't that the user's problem? If you have Vision, you can use it, so why convert the document? A virtual PDF edit allows sending it to a third party. This solution makes no sense.
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coco
 
Same comment, the viewer works with Internet Explorer.
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