VSDX Annotator – FAQ

Launch the application. On the Startup Window click “Open” and choose a drawing from your Mac. The second time you open the file, you can use the “Recent” tab on the Startup Window, where files that have already been viewed are stored.

VSDX Annotator can open Visio drawings of .vsd, .vdx, .vsdx, formats.

VSDX Annotator displays Visio drawings with a high image quality and renders all Visio file`s content: rich objects formatting, tabulated texts, background pages, dimensions objects, metafile images, links, OLE-objects, and others.

VSDX Annotator offers a total of 12 annotation tools to make changes in the drawing. Among them: adding text and any notes, drawing shapes, arrows, lines, inserting graphics files, etc.

You can export the file to PDF, send the file in PDF via e-mail or print it.
Since you opened a drawing of VSDX format, you can annotate it and save it back to VSDX for further editing in MS Visio on Windows.

Go to Menu Bar, click File → Save (or Save as Copy). Note: This feature is only available for files in .vsdx extension.

VSDX Annotator allows you to view objects that are located outside page borders. To enable this feature, go to Application Preferences, and click the “Extend Drawing Area” option.

Yes. VSDX Annotator allows you to preview layers, show and hide them.
Furthermore, you can view shape data, hyperlinks and guides.

Follow these steps to manually uninstall the app:

1. Quit VSDX Annotator.
2. Go to the Applications folder → remove the app into the Trash.
3. In the Finder’s menu bar, click Go → Go to Folder → in the window that appears, type ~/Library, and hit Go.
4. Within the Library folder, find and remove VSDX Annotator service files. Note: Depending on the version of the app you are using, you will need to find and remove different folders.

If you downloaded the app from the App Store, find and remove the following files:

• ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator
• ~/Library/Containers/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator

If you purchased the PRO version of the app from the App Store, find and remove these files:

• ~/Library/Application Scripts/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator
• ~/Library/Containers/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator

If you downloaded the app from the site, find and remove these files:

• ~/Library/Application Support/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator
• ~/Library/Application Support/VSDX Annotator
• ~/Library/Caches/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator
• ~/Library/Preferences/com.nektony.vsdx-annotator.plist

Once you have removed all the service files, empty your Trash bin to completely uninstall VSDX Annotator.