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

Best fix I have found at least with PDF's is to convert them to a WMF picture format then insert picture.  It increases the size from PDF considerably but it seems to work for my purposes.  I am using PDFill PDF Tools 11.0 to do the conversion.  

Not sure how this fix will work starting with another image file.  Hope this helps someone.  Spent several hours over a couple days trying to resolve this issue.

Hi Dragonlvec,

Thanks for reporting this issue.

We are aware of this issue and are actively working to fix it.

Thanks,

MS DEV

Mathtype inserted into a Visio 2013 document as an object is almost 100% completely useless.  It's been a long time and it still hasn't been fixed.  It's been approx 7 months since your comment, yet nothing has improved.  Any idea as when a fix will be available?

I've used Mathtype & Visio for the last 10-15 years, and no problems until now (new computer with Windows 8.1, Visio 2013, latest Mathtype etc... ).

This issue in not just with MS Word.  My particular problem is all inserted equations are blurred badly, and I must go into each object and update the link to get it to appear normal.  The objects will re-blur if I switch pages or re-open the file.  I've got up to 20 objects on a page, and maybe hundreds, if not thousands of pages. 

Granted, this strongly appears to be a Microsoft issue, but unfortuately this makes Mathtype inoperable.  With such a pathetic state of affairs, I'm hoping MathType will strongly encourage Microsoft to fix this issue.

Oh, and don't get me started with Visio's TrueType only fonts.  I've untold number of files made completely useless because they font substitute...

Anyway, sorry for the venting (and it's not your fault), but after waiting approx 7 months, the latest upgrades didn't fix the problem. :-(

fred

So, 1 year and 1 month later, since my last post, I'm still waiting for a solution. WOW !!!!!!!!

Here's an example of VISIO's rendering of MathType embedded in a VISIO file when I first open it:

Now, in this particular sampling, I have 4 MathType embeddings.  I have to open each one individually, then UPDATE each one, and back out of MathType to see properly:

I have hundred's of files that have hundreds of embeddings.  In addition to what a mess Microsoft has caused, if I print the blurred image, then the printout will be blurred.  If I update it, then it prints it correctly.  But I have to do this each and every time, and if I switch pages, and go back, they're blurred again.  Man, what garbage !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And again, don't get me started about MS VISIO's TrueType font issue.  They ruined hundred's of other files due to their font substituting.  The files don't look normal anymore.

And another thing, it's obvious that Microsoft is letting this software degrade.  Sad to say, I was a staunch supporter of everything Microsoft, mainly because of their backward compatibility.  As a company, they're losing their edge, submitting to increased margins at the expense of longtime supporters, and not doing the right thing for their customers.  And they're still clueless to loss of market.  Sorry for the rant but I'm fuming.

fred

PS  OK, OK.  If they fix these problems I'll love them again !!

This is an issue with Visio 2013.  Using the same image with Visio 2010 works without any quality loss.

After a tad more testing, I've determined that the PNG format is ever-so-slightly better than the GIF format.

My tests are to take a look at it after converting it to PDF from Word.