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Importing MS Visio Graphics in LaTeX
This procedure creates from a Visio drawing, a PDF file that has the correct page dimension in order to be directly imported in a LaTeX document. This procedure requires to have OpenOffice Draw installed.
- In Visio, File → Save As, select type Enhanced Metafile (.emf), enter a file name, click Save.
- In OpenOffice Draw, Open the newly saved file, Select the drawing with the mouse, and then go to menu File → Export.
- Check the box Selection, select format EPS - Encapsulated PostScript (.eps), save the file.
- Press OK, to accept all default options (no preview, Level 2, Grayscale, no compression)
- In a shell, type the command
epstopdf <filename.eps>
which will create a file <filename.pdf> with the correct page size.