exteranl background file

[paulv]

I am creating a set of diagrams that are used together, and exist as several
separate .vsd files. Each of the files has several pages/tabs, but they all
use the same background.

I am hoping to put the backgrounds in a separate file and point foreground
pages to it, so I don't have to maintain the same background in each of the
many diagram files.

So the question is, can you configure a foreground page to use a background
that exists in an external file?

 

[David J Parker]

Well, you could create a Visio document for your Background (just one page).
Save it, close it
Create new Visio document, insert a Background page, make this the
background to your Foreground pages.
Go to the Background page and Insert / Object / Visio document / Create from
File - Link to File

This should display the page from the previous document

It will update the link whenever you open the foreground documents (or when
you ask for an update)

 

[paulv]

David,

Thanks very much for the idea. Here's what I found. It functions exactly as
you describe. Unfortunately, the visual quality/clarity of the embedded
object loses a lot in the translation.

I gather I am limited to using a page available in the Page Properties >
Background drop-down list, and there is no other way to reference a
background page in an external file (like you can in other Office products,
like Excel--'[filename]worksheet'!cell)?