Saving a Drawing as a PDF

[R Tanner]

Hi,

I have a heirarchy drawing I did in Visio. The backgroung is a very
large company logo which I stretched across the drawing. I am trying
to save it as a PDF and afterwards I bring it up but it is only a
blank image that appears. Any ideas why?

 

[R Tanner]

Hi,

I have a heirarchy drawing I did in Visio.  The backgroung is a very
large company logo which I stretched across the drawing.  I am trying
to save it as a PDF and afterwards I bring it up but it is only a
blank image that appears.  Any ideas why?

Also, I tried print preview and print preview looks fine, but when I
actually print it there isn't anything there...

 

[Paul Herber]

Also, I tried print preview and print preview looks fine, but when I
actually print it there isn't anything there...

Can you save it as a GIF, PNG etc?

 

[vojo]

I seem to recall that background pages dont print by default.
You may want to see if you have background set to print.
You may also want to take the background image and copy to forground and
move to the back or put it on a layer that is always at the back. You can
use the guard() and protections to make sure nobody can edit the company logo.

 

[John... Visio MVP]

Background pages, by themselves are non printable. They only print when they
are attached (directly or indirectly) to a foreground page. Make sure that
the backgroundpage is attached to a foreground page.

John... Visio MVP

 

[vojo]

will check again...but did not seem to work the way you state....printed a
foregrond page the had a background page attached/referenced....only foregrnd
info printed.
Ended up moving background shapes to foregnd and using GUARD()

 

[WapperDude]

Adding to what John said, which is the standard way to use background pages,
1.) If you haven't done so, choose the company logo page, then, menu bar >
File > page Setup > Page Properties tab > select Background.
2.) Add a blank page: menu bar > Insert > New Page.
a.) Select Foreground
b.) Use the arrow button to select the logo page as Background and
click OK.

The new page should show the company logo. When you print the new page, the
background page will print with it.

Wapperdude

 

[WapperDude]

....or you can simply make the logo a foreground page for printing purposes,
and then revert it back to a background page. That way you don't need to add
a new, blank page...

Adding to what John said, which is the standard way to use background pages,
1.) If you haven't done so, choose the company logo page, then, menu bar >
File > page Setup > Page Properties tab > select Background.
2.) Add a blank page: menu bar > Insert > New Page.
a.) Select Foreground
b.) Use the arrow button to select the logo page as Background and
click OK.

The new page should show the company logo. When you print the new page, the
background page will print with it.

Wapperdude