Re: Excel Spreadsheet to Visio Flow chart - updating

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From: Jazz (Jazz_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:35:04 -0800

Al:

The client is using Visio 2K. Additionally he is sending the actual source
files for my review - (I work MS Office support for a HD in Pgh) - and I have
not actually imported an Excel spread*** to a Visio org chart before. Any
information you can offer would be much appreciated. As the xl book stands
now, when we attempt an import, it is creating 100 pages of a Visio file, and
the names are not updating to where they should be. This does not seem
correct as the original Visio org chart was not nearly that number.

"Jazz" wrote:

> Al:
>
> I am contacting the client regarding his version of Visio, but, assuming it
> is not a version issue, in reference to your column positions statement, do
> you mean to suggest that the column positions have been relocated since the
> initial creation of the org chart?
>
> "Al Edlund" wrote:
>
> > two possibilities, the flowchart was created in v2002 and you are in v2003
> > which no longer supports import, or the format (column positions) in the
> > excel *** are incorrect.
> > Al
> >
> > "Jazz" <Jazz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5649470F-51D7-4826-BB60-BCA8DD48CBD4@microsoft.com...
> > > Has anyone heard of or familiar with taking an existing spread*** and
> > > using
> > > it to create a flowchart in visio - I think it was created using the Org
> > > Chart wizard.
> > >
> > > The thing is, the creator of this chart is no longer with the company and
> > > now it is time to update the flow chart. The person responsible now is
> > > making
> > > the changes in Excel, however they are not showing (not updating
> > > automatically) in Visio . There does not appear to be any "update links"
> > > message in either application after save and re-open. With some picking
> > > through the software, I was not able to find any macros, buttons or menus
> > > that appeared to perform this action.
> > >
> > > Any one ever hear of such a thing - I have been using Office and Visio for
> > > years, but I have never heard of such a thing -- but it appears to have
> > > been
> > > done....
> > >
> > > Help, please!
> > >
> >
> >
> >

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