can't edit drawing

mindjob · December 16, 2011, 12:51:42 AM

Hello, Greg here,

I use Visio at work to edit diagrams in procedures written in Word. Usually I can go to the Word document, copy the diagram and paste it into Visio. Them I ungroup the diagram, which consists of boxes, arrows and text, then edit the diagram. But this one diagram today wouldn't ungroup, but instead had what looked like a white background. There was only the one page, so there was not technically a background. When I tried to ungroup nothing happened, and when I double-clicked on it, it enlarged the diagram. Clicking on it again shrunk it back to its original size. I tried pasting it into Visio as a drawing and Word file, but it didn't matter.

So I am mystified as to why I couldn't edit the diagram. This is the first time this has happened.
Thanks for your help,
Greg

aledlund · December 16, 2011, 01:14:20 PM

are you sure it's a format editable by visio? it may have been inserted as a bitmap of some sort.
al

mindjob · December 16, 2011, 04:33:56 PM

Its an MS Word file
Greg

aledlund · December 16, 2011, 04:39:52 PM

I understood the Word part, it was the drawing that confused me ("copy the diagram").
al

mindjob · December 20, 2011, 06:16:31 PM

I tried to attach the file, but the system won't let me.
Greg

Paul Herber · December 20, 2011, 06:29:24 PM

Quote from: mindjob on December 20, 2011, 06:16:31 PM
I tried to attach the file, but the system won't let me.

What error message did you get? Ensure the file is less than 500kB.

mindjob · December 21, 2011, 06:39:29 PM

The file is 340 Kb. The system doesn't give me an error message, it just doesn't post my email.
G