I have created some visio files, which contain the flowchart for
various stages of a process. I want to insert all of them to a Word
document in the form of a picture file. First of all is it a good idea?
Will Word accept visio drawings as picture files?

Also if this is a good idea, then which file format do I convert the
visio files to? I tried .gif, but it doesn't display all the blocks of
the flowchart. I also tried .bmp, which does display all blocks, but at
the cost of clarity as well as messing up the font size. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

There's no inherent reason why GIFs should be chopping off part of the
graphic -- suggest you investigate that part of the problem, because in
other respects GIF is likely to be the best format for this purpose. In
general, GIF or JPG is best --

JPG is full colour, so preferred for photographs; but the image may
disintegrate if resized or re-oriented.
GIF is only 256 colors but handles vector information better, so tends to be
preferable for drawings and text rendering.

BMP is the last choice in most cases: fuzzy, as you observe, and the files
can get very large.



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I have created some visio files, which contain the flowchart for
various stages of a process. I want to insert all of them to a Word
document in the form of a picture file. First of all is it a good idea?
Will Word accept visio drawings as picture files?

Also if this is a good idea, then which file format do I convert the
visio files to? I tried .gif, but it doesn't display all the blocks of
the flowchart. I also tried .bmp, which does display all blocks, but at
the cost of clarity as well as messing up the font size. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.