Moving Visio Pages between Files

[1Curious]

I would like to know if it is possible to move a "page" from one Visio file
to another. I can copy and paste shapes but it seems intuitive that you
should be able to combine pages from seperate files to create a consolidated
document. Even if I "insert object", "create from file", it put all the
objects on the active page.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Sorry, Visio does not have such a capability.

 

[1Curious]

Do you know if Microsoft has plans to write this in for future releases, or
is the basic architecture of Visio going to prevent this?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

It's definitely on our wish list, but there are some technical hurdles
around solutions and event notifications. It just means that what seems
like a straightforward feature is actually a significant undertaking.

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

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

 

[daytonsupply]

I've created a swim lane (functional lanes) diagram (diagram A) outlining a
business process in a one page visio file. I have a different visio file
that is a grouping of related processes (file B) and would like to insert
diagram A into file B.

I understand from the message below that there is no simple way to insert a
page from one visio file into another. As a workaround I tried the 'Copy
Page" option in the source page and Paste into a newly created page in the
destination file. The functional bands & shapes are copied into the new
page, but the bands are mis-ordered and the shapes are all over the place.
As it stands I have a good deal of work ahead of me to rearrange the shapes
in the destination document.

Does anyone know of a better workaround?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

See if this helps:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/11/14/smarter-paste-between-pages.aspx

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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

 

[IlliniEric]

I know it has been almost 4 years since the post below, but this feaute has
been in Excel for years. Why would it be so hard to have that feature in
Visio?