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Easy conversion of Visio diagrams into eps

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I’ve been using Visio to create diagrams. It supports a particular format that I like called Herring Bone diagrams. The problem is converting Visio diagrams into eps for inclusion in latex. Visio used to have eps export but it got broken a while back and has been removed subsequently. I’ve read some reasonably complex workarounds but found this one that seems to work for me:

  1. Export as a Windows Meta File (WMF).
  2. Use ImageMagick to convert from WMF to EPS.
  3. Include the file or convert to PDF if using pdflatex.

That’s it. Seems to work, which is a big suprise!

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November 5, 2008 at 4:05 pm

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