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
    2014-10-10T14:53:04+00:00

    Thanks for the swift reply.  I have uploaded the Visio file and the original image here: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=44F91E8D89CBF401!13045&authkey=!ABaWkwy2EwHuOJI&ithint=folder%2cvsdx

    McKing38, this is not a good picture to start with.  At high magnification, it is not clear.  I used a PNG that even under high magnification, had straight black edges and no blurring.  With all the updates installed, even the best picture still comes up blurry in visio.  Visio 2013 is garbage.  Freeware renders better than this trash.  While I'm here, why can't Viso accept PDF images? (not that they would work anyway)

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-10-10T11:08:45+00:00

    Thanks for the swift reply.  I have uploaded the Visio file and the original image here: https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=44F91E8D89CBF401!13045&authkey=!ABaWkwy2EwHuOJI&ithint=folder%2cvsdx

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-10-10T10:57:35+00:00

    Can you please share the file with me. You can use onedrive or any other cloud sharing solution to do that.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-10-10T10:31:17+00:00

    I'm experiencing exactly the same issue.  I have tried to install both KB fixes, but I got a message saying they were already installed.  I also added the registry key and restarted my machine, but it appeared to have no effect.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-08-13T14:56:16+00:00

    There were some enhancements to high resolution image import in Visio. This was released as part of Aug PU here - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2881079

    Please follow the directions mentioned clearly. Ensure that you have kb 2881079 and kb 2883049 (as mentioned in instructions) installed and configure the reg key accordingly.

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