Creating pix in Visio to put into word doc.

[Gabriella777_2]

I have inserted a picture into Visio, added a rectangle behind it (color
filled and texted), and want to paste that into Microsoft Word document that
so I can paste a text box on it, duplicate it about 4 more times on the page
and allow new user to interact with it.
Possible? If yes, how?
New user does not have Visio?
(I am posting this to 2 groups - not sure which is best.)

 

[Paul Herber]

I have inserted a picture into Visio, added a rectangle behind it (color
filled and texted), and want to paste that into Microsoft Word document that
so I can paste a text box on it, duplicate it about 4 more times on the page
and allow new user to interact with it.

If your users don't have Visio then they won't be able to interact
with the Visio parts of the document.
However, is this not something you could do directly in Word?

 

[Gabriella777_2]

The color and text filled rectangle behind the pix is my issue.
Then grouping them and allowing an overlapping text box, preferably with
potential to automate text box text, is what I want to do.
Any suggestions?

 

[Gabriella777_2]

Actually I would love to simplify this and pass it on to a new user to use
(this person knows less than I do. I am one of the people he calls for
answers to his problems.).
The less that could go wrong with the new item the better.
The outcome is supposed to be a coupon, or rather a page of coupons
(duplicates), that he recreates for each customer.
The pix and rectangle are a duplication of a letterhead that was created so
long ago noone has the original images, etc and the letterhead has had a
textbox added to coverup the old address and put in the new one.
So once I get this taken care of I would like to recreate the letterhead if
possible with the new address without the textbox coverup trick.
So whatever helpful info you could provide would be of help.

 

[vojo]

Why not use the visio stuff as a static background in word and add a text
block in word overtop of the background. This way, user does not need visio
if access is purely via word. Set text block to be in front, have no border
and have transparent fill.

The only problem with this (and probably why you want to get visio in the
middle of this is that words drawing controls are crude...cant really nudge
text block and such) is that you may have trouble centering a text block
right where you want it.
So you may need to try it a couple of times to find the right size for the
visio wallpaper such that the text block looks good.

Also, you will want watch word pagination (may want to set page break before
each visio instance) because as you add content early in the doc, the spacing
can affect the placement and can get messy if it spills the visio over a page
boundary

I have extensively used copy/paste on visio diagrams into word (even visio
with intelligent shapes). Word size get huge quickly...180 page doc with
say 10 visio can be 10MB no sweat. BTW, after you cut/paste...right click
the visio doc and
format object ==> set position and size as desired.