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That method gives me a copy of the _whole drawing_ -- rather than just
the text, which is what I needed.
Thanks,
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maggie_Secara
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:25 PM
> To: Dan Goldstein
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com;
> Subject: Re: Extracting text from Visio
>
> I don't know how to convert it, but you can marquis
> (marquee?) everything in the drawing and just copy
> it to Word. Start at the top left hand corner and
> hold down the left mouse button as you drag the
> pointer to the lower right corner. when you let
> go of the mouse key, you'll find everything
> highlighted. Copy and paste.
> There's probably a more elegant way, but it's been
> working for me.
>
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