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VSDX Annotator


Previewing options

VSDX Annotator supports Microsoft Visio® VSD, VDX and VSDX file formats. It shows the drawings exactly the same way as they are displayed in Visio®. It allows to open Visio® files and preview complex technical drawings with layers, shape data and hyperlinks.

  • View Visio® 2000-2013 files in VSD, VDX and VSDX formats. You can see multipage drawings with advanced rendering of all a Visio® file`s content and accurate display of:
    • – rich objects formatting
    • – metafile images
    • – OLE-objects
    • – tabulated texts
    • – background pages
    • – links
  • View the layers and switch a document’s layers visibility. You can even show hidden layers.
  • Explore Shape Data, Hyperlinks, and  Guides.
  • Navigate multipage Visio® documents. For convenience, you can choose scrolling and zoom tools. You can also zoom the document to page size or page width.

To open a Visio® on Mac:

  1. Click “Open” tab on the Startup Window.
  2. Choose the drawing from your Mac folders.

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*The second time you can open the file from “Recent” tab, where already viewed files are stored. There is also a search option to find a file in a store of viewed Visio® files.

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Preview tools to view Visio® files on Mac

 

– Hide Page Thumbnails
– Select Active Page
– Zoom In
– Set Visible Layers
– Zoom Out
– Show Shape Data
– Zoom to Page Size
– Show Hyperlinks
– Zoom to Page Width
– Show Guides
– Edit Custom Zoom
– Show Annotations
– Hand Scroll Mode

Set the Layers for view

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 Shape Data to view detailed information of graphic objects

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Hyperlinks icon  to view the graphic objects` links

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visio hyperlinks

Guides icon to see the guides on the Visio® drawing page

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Annotation options

VSDX Annotator is a great  Visio® editor for Mac when you need to make some notes and changes in a Visio® document on your Mac. This app makes it possible to annotate your Visio® flowcharts, diagrams, schemes, drawings and other Visio® files on your Mac.
VSDX Annotator provides a wide range of annotation possibilities. Create basic shapes, lines and arrows in a Visio® document. Add a title, comment or question shapes for your colleagues. You can choose a shape’s color, size, lines type and thickness. It is even possible to insert a graphic image to the drawing.
This app handles all of your needs, enabling you to add comments and modify a Microsoft Visio® file on the OS X operating system.
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Annotation Tools to Edit Visio® on Mac

– Insert Title Shape
– Insert Red/Blue/Dash Arrow Line
– Insert Note Shape
– Choose and Insert Shape
– Insert Comment Shape
– Remove Selected Shape
– Insert Attention Shape
– Fill Color
– Insert Critical Shape
– Line Color
– Insert Question Shape
– Text Style
– Insert Picture from File
– Show Shadow
– Insert Text Box
– Set Shape Order

 
Our team understands how important it is to have a Microsoft Visio® alternative for Mac. We have created VSDX Annotator to close the gap of interoperability for those who need to share MS Visio® drawings between different operation systems` users. VSDX Annotator is a powerful application with an advanced ability to modify Visio® drawings on Mac.

You will love VSDX Annotator`s intuitive design and the stunning set of editing possibilities.

Add any text shape with the ability to change:

  • – Font
  • – Color
  • – Line alignment
  • – Bold/Cursive/Underlined
  • – Size

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  • Choose the line type for any arrow, line, shape borders.
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  • Add a shadow for any graphic object you create.
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  • Easily change the order for any graphic object. Select the object and choose the action.
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Converting options

Adobe_Acrobat_Reader_iconConvert Visio® to PDF

VSDX Annotator is also Visio® Converter. You can collaborate on Visio® drawings in a multiplatform environment and convert VSDX, VDX and VSDX files to most the common format, PDF. Click the appropriate button and choose a folder to save Visio® as PDF.
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Mail_Visio files in PDFSend the file in PDF via e-mail

VSDX Annotator allows you to mail Visio® drawings to colleagues in just one click. Simply press the appropriate button and the app will attach the PDF file format of the drawing to your Mail window.
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print visio on MacPrint Visio® drawings

To see Visio® drawing on paper just tap the “Print” button. It is possible to choose single pages to print. Note: wireless printing supported via AirPrint only.
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Visio drawingsSave the modified VSDX file in the same file format

VSDX Annotator is an excellent Microsoft Visio® alternative for Mac users. It has an option to save the annotated .vsdx document back to .vsdx for further opening and editing in MS Visio®< diagramming application.

  1. Go to File from  Menu Bar
  2. Select  Save or Save As Copy

save VSDX file*Note “Save as .vsdx” option is available only for VSDX files

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