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
    2014-05-26T10:05:52+00:00

    Can you please upload some of the pictures, pngs/jpgs, where the issue is present on some online share? Please remove any personal information if present from the pictures before sharing.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-05-23T00:49:45+00:00

    Other than a very few MS technicians and a manager once or twice a year on this forum, MS is silent on ALL Issues.  They may be listening, but there is little evidence of it ...

    Is it good? no

    Is it "right"? no

    But there it is ... <sigh>

    Yes it is very disappointing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-05-22T19:34:10+00:00

    Why does Microsoft have to be so silent on this issue?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-05-11T00:44:34+00:00

    Don't hold your breath waiting for a fix. It may or may not come, but not likely in the near future.  My guess that the root cause is something fundamental that will be difficult to change or fix.

    I don't know specifically about Visio, but I do know that MS changed the "drawing engine" that controls the display of MS Word 2013. It has caused various issues.  I wonder if they used the same drawing engine in Visio 2013.

    Take a look at this discussion. There is a suggested work around for a roughly similar issue that may work for you too:

    http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office\_2010-publish/inserting-a-high-resolution-image-into-publisher/4cce2a4c-a763-4f87-9ba9-2c85af9b1657?msgId=8a0fb50c-e00b-4f6f-a05f-27b3bd5aaf0d

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-05-10T10:05:24+00:00

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

    Hello Microsoft?! Are really working on it?????

    Crazy, I step down to Visio 2010 and evrything is ok, I do the same with Visio 2013, the image is blurry!

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