Hyperlinks in Visio wont work in protected word document

[tania2412]

Using Visio 2007, I want to upload my visio document to our intranet in protected word document format but the hyperlinks no longer work when converted. Is there any way around this?

[Visio Guy]

Hi Tania,

Word format? It's a Visio diagram!

I guess you copied the Visio bits and pasted them into a Word document, at which point the Visio data is an "embedded object". Users have to double-click the embedded Visio to activate it. If your Word document is protected, this option might not be available.

Maybe you could save the Visio diagram as a web page (File > Save As Web...) and upload the output to your internet? The hyperlinks will survive this process better.