Use other software to edit Visio files It has been tricky for software developers to decode Visio files, which is why it has been difficult to open Visio files without Visio. However, a couple of packages have added Visio support. They don't always work perfectly (especially if your files contain complicated diagrams) but they're worth a go. Tag Image File Format (. Additionally, can Visio open DWG files? Open, insert, convert, and save DWG and DXF (AutoCAD) drawings. If you have AutoCAD objects that you would like to use in your Visio drawing, you can use Visio to open them and convert them to Visio shapes. Dxf file created from AutoCAD versions 2017 or prior. This open source Visio alternative tool provides a wide range of templates. It does not store data on the server for security concerns. You can use this software online and offline. Draw.io works on mobile iOS, and Android devices and desktop PC. Compatible with Firefox, Chrome, and more. Platform: Windows, macOS, Linux. Link: https://app.
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Normally Microsoft Visio opens all documents in the same instance / window. As with MS Excel, one way around this is to stop opening files by double clicking on them. Instead, you open a new blank Visio window from the start menu, and then open your documents via File > Open.
This works, but is not an ideal solution as it adds a few extra steps every time you want to open more than one document.
- Files open initially in reading mode, but to edit the files, simply click the 'Open Diagram' button and choose to 'Edit in Visio', for the desktop, or 'Edit in browser' to use Visio Online directly in the browser. Functionality in Visio Online is generally limited to day-to-day editing, text entry, connecting shapes, some formatting,.
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Much better would be to open every document in a new Visio instance regardless of how it was opened. Here is a little trick that allows to do exactly that:
- Open Microsoft Visio from the start menu.
- Go to File > Options > Advanced. Scroll down to the General section and enable an option called 'Put all settings in Windows registry'. Save changes and close Visio.
- Open Windows registry editor (regedit.exe), navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice14.0VisioApplication and modify a String type entry called SingleInstanceFileOpen. All you need to do is change the value from 1 to 0.
- Close the registry editor and try to open couple of Microsoft Vision documents by double clicking on them. They should now open in individual windows.
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