Visio line format lost when imported into Word

[MMacy]

When I import a diagram with dashed lines in Visio into a Word document, the
dashed lines are converted to solid lines. The only way I've found to correct
it is to draw the dashed line (or circle, square...) in Word, copy it, open
the Visio diagram in the Word document (by double-clicking on the diagram),
then paste the Word line into the Visio window. Then the original Visio line
can be removed and replaced by the new Word line.
If anyone knows a simpler technique to move broken Visio lines into a Word
document, I'd be happy to hear it.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi M.,

What version of Word, what version of Visio, what format you saving the files in from Visio and what method are you using to import
them into Word?

==========When I import a diagram with dashed lines in Visio into a Word document, the
dashed lines are converted to solid lines. The only way I've found to correct
it is to draw the dashed line (or circle, square...) in Word, copy it, open
the Visio diagram in the Word document (by double-clicking on the diagram),
then paste the Word line into the Visio window. Then the original Visio line
can be removed and replaced by the new Word line.
If anyone knows a simpler technique to move broken Visio lines into a Word
document, I'd be happy to hear it.

 

[MMacy]

Hey Bob, thanks for the reply.
I use Office Word 2003 SP, part of Office Pro 2003.
And Visio Standard 2003 SP2.
I save the Visio files in the basic .vsd format.
I "embed" the Visio files into the Word document by copying (^A ^C) the
Visio diagram, and pasting it (^V) into the Word document.

 

[wfd]

I've got the same problem when I have rectangles with dashed lines. the
problem seems to be with the size of the rectangle - I've got some small ones
that work fine and big ones that don't. And because I was interested to see
when it breaks I kept changing the size and came up with the following: at
68mm wide and 64 mm high it works fine. Change it to 68*65 and it doesn't.

I'm using Word 2002 sp3 and visio professional 2003 sp1.