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

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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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2014-04-15T04:29:39+00:00

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
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Anonymous

2014-03-05T10:55:40+00:00

SP1 fixes the blurry CAD issue.

There is still no fix for .jpg .png etc
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Anonymous

2014-03-02T02:33:23+00:00

Here is an article about 2013 SP1:

Microsoft releases Office 2013 Service Pack 1, KB 2817430 - Office 2013 SP1

http://www.infoworld.com/t/office-software/microsoft-releases-office-2013-service-pack-1-kb-2817430-237152

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Microsoft describes the changes as falling into two general categories:

Previously unreleased fixes that are included in this service pack. In addition to general product fixes, these fixes include improvements in stability, performance, and security.

All the monthly security updates that were released through January 2014, and all the Cumulative Updates that were released through December 2013.

In addition, there are four individual described minor fixes.

There's also a long list of COM add-ins for Office 2013 that crash under SP1. If you're using Intel's Sent to Bluetooth, Evernote's Outlook Clipper, or Abbyy Finereader, heed the KB article's warning and update to the latest version of the add-ins.

For a list of the (gazillion) files changed in SP1, see KB 2817457.

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Anonymous

2014-03-02T02:12:27+00:00

v2013 sp1 has been released with several critical fixes. You might apply the fixes and retry your issue.

al
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2014-03-01T15:10:25+00:00

Hi Dragonlvec,

Thanks for reporting this issue.

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

Thanks,

MS DEV

Is there a fix for this available yet?

I have found that it is not only .png / .bmp etc but CAD drawings appear blurry in 2013 too.

This is a fundamental flaw and needs to be resolved.
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