No matter how good of a picture I have when I insert it into Visio 2013 Pro, it is blurry.

Anonymous
2013-09-04T19:04:00+00:00

I get blue prints as JPG PNG BMP but no matter how good the quality of the picture, after it is inserted into Visio none of the words can be read.  I even used a 600 dpi 36"X24" crystal clean blueprint and it still looked blurry or pixilated in Visio.  What's the deal with this $300 software?  I can open up the bmp png jpg in previewer and it looks great zoomed in by the way.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-11-26T17:20:22+00:00

    Check out a free program called Inkscape (research it).  It takes a bit of work, but I did get a usable version to insert into VISIO.  I can't believe this problem still exists!  Almost makes me want to go MAC. :(

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-22T22:27:58+00:00

    DragonIvec

    I am dealing with the exact same issue. As in your case this is for business purposes and I am having big issues with inserting images and becoming blurry and unusable. What software did you find that fixed your problem.

    Cheers

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-10-02T15:09:32+00:00

    Oddly enough I found free software that can do what I want and keeps my images looking good.  It's not as pretty, but DIA works great!  You guys should give them a call, maybe they can fix your problem.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-09-20T19:43:35+00:00

    This is kind of an important matter for the operation of our business.  Is there an ETA for the fix?  Like am I looking at a week or a year?  I need to know so I can get a refund for Visio before it's too late.

    Go for the refund. If the fix is close enough to release to make it a decision criteria for a refund or keep decision it would show up as a hotfix identified by this tool:

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-09-20T18:55:48+00:00

    This is kind of an important matter for the operation of our business.  Is there an ETA for the fix?  Like am I looking at a week or a year?  I need to know so I can get a refund for Visio before it's too late.

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