Drawing Portability

[E.Q.]

I've been given access to a copy of Visio to review (2007 Standard version).
Out IT administrator tells me that the hand-me-down machines we have in the
field won't support any Visio 2007 product, so I work on a conference room
machine after hours.
I need to prove to my boss that another license is worth buying. I've
produced a number of drawings that have proved useful. Our employees recently
saved a lot of money by reducing the amount of time we needed to have a crane
on-site; my contribution was a Gantt chart that was used to help coordinate
the efforts of multiple work groups. I believe I can justify the cost of
another Standard version.
But having the Standard Version, I could only read about the Data Graphics
abilities in Visio Professional. It looks like many things I'd like to do are
in "Professional" (such as the Pivot Diagram).
Ideally I'd like to create diagrams with some capacity for user interaction.
My question: is it possible to create interactive drawings that would be
portable to machines that do not have Visio? If I had the only license for
Visio Professional and created a Pivot Diagram would I be able to share the
diagram and dynamics with machines that do not have Visio?
Peace.
EQC

 

[Al Edlund]

This should help with the 'edition' comparisons.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/FX101757911033.aspx#b

The key here is that the things you would like to currently try, and cannot,
are also the ones that you could transfer to the rest of the team but they
would only be able to manipulate minimally. Visio Viewer is an option for
allowing users to examine drawings, but not manipulate, and it's free.
Interactive comes at a price.

al

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

If you are the one manipulating the drawings, an other approach would be to
convince your boss you need a laptop to avoid the hassle of the various
equipment you will run in to. Even if the equipment is old, they may still
be doing the job they were purchased for and really do not need to be
upgraded. one laptop is still cheaper than upgrading all the hardware.

(I'm still running a PentiumII machine with Windows 95 that supports a full
bed scanner)

John... Visio MVP

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