is there anyway to use word mail merge with a visio drawing

[Rodney]

we have 600 sites we're migrating, we have to have a visio drawing per site,
is there a way to use a visio template and Word (mail merge) together to save
man hours on this task?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Could you explain this a little more? Do you want to mail out Visio
drawings or are you just looking for a semi-automated way of working in
Visio?

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Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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[Rodney]

I have a access database with hostnames, IP's addresses, serial numbers, etc.
We would want to use visio for our network diagram and do something like a
mail merge to merge the data in the visio, so manual input wouldn't be needed.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Yes, you can use Tools > Add-ons > Visio Extras > Database Wizard to connect
the properties in your shape to a data source such as MS Access.

By the way, this will be much easier in the next version of Visio. Check
out this post from the Visio 12 blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_rockey/archive/2005/12/06/500395.aspx

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.