exporting .vss files

[Jeffro]

I have an older version of Visio that I created some stencils on. I now have
Visio 2007 and I want to import the stencils to the new version of Visio.
Does anyone know how I can do this?

 

[John Goldsmith]

Have you tried opening them in 2007? Also, what was the older version?

You might find this blog article on file formats useful:

http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/07/07/657375.aspx

Hope that helps.

Best regards

John

John Goldsmith
www.visualSignals.co.uk

 

[Paul Herber]

I have an older version of Visio that I created some stencils on. I now have
Visio 2007 and I want to import the stencils to the new version of Visio.
Does anyone know how I can do this?

Just copy the stencil files into the My Shapes folder within My
Documents.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The file will still be in the older format. You should open the stencil in
2007 and save a COPY of that stencil in Visio 2007 format.

John... Visio MVP

 

[Paul Herber]

Just as a matter of interest, John, what is the benefit of doing that?

The file will still be in the older format. You should open the stencil in
2007 and save a COPY of that stencil in Visio 2007 format.

John... Visio MVP

 

[David Parker]

Well, it is quite possible that some manual editing is necessary to prevent
the new themes being applied to inappropiate shapes (or sub-shapes) for one.
Also, if the stencils were pre-Visio 2003, then it saves time on conversion.

Just as a matter of interest, John, what is the benefit of doing that?

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The stencils will load faster without the conversion and the reason for the
COPY is that backup is always a good idea.

John... Visio MVP

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Just as a matter of interest, John, what is the benefit of doing that?