Exporting a Visio document

The following screenshot shows the File | Export options that are available:

Exporting a Visio document

Creating a PDF or XPS document

Microsoft has included the ability to create PDF and XPS documents from a Visio document. These have the ability to set the specific pages and some graphical properties. However, neither method provides the option to include Shape Data, and they only enable the first hyperlink on each shape. This is disappointing since both PDF and XPS are capable of much more.

These outputs can be created in code using the Document.ExportAsFixedFormat() method; take a look at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff766893.aspx ...

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