“Using the Visio ms-visio:nft function does not set the Save As location.

For example, when using...

ms-visio:nft|u|https://[path]/Test.vstx|s|https://[path]

This should create a new Visio drawing based on the template given, and set the default save location to that specified with the 's' command.

What happens though is the Visio file is created, but the default save location is NOT set which is a major problem for our integration.

This doesn't work for any Visio template. We can reproduce on any version of Visio and with local and http file locations.

There is no error reported.

Note: the same function DOES work for MS Word: ms-word:nft|u|https://[path]/Test.dotx|s|https://[path]”

ISSUE: When a user copies and pastes a range of cells from Excel into Visio, the current options are:
(1) paste the text contents (with or without text formatting) into a single, unformatted text box, which requires additional work by the user to format the text into a series of Visio shapes resembling a table;
(2) paste special as a bitmap, which significantly increases the Visio file size AND does not allow the user to edit the contents afterwards;
(3) paste special as an Excel worksheet object, which inhibits the user's ability to share the Visio drawing with others (since an extra file must be shared); or
(4) create a custom VBA macro, which is limited to users who have VBA knowledge & skill OR may be prohibited by organizations that do not permit users to run macros.

SOLUTION: Add an option in the "Paste Special" dialog box that transfers a static copy of the selected Excel range into a Visio "table." The "table" would be comprised of multiple rectangle shapes, one for each cell in the selected range. This new feature would paste each cell value into the corresponding shape, format shapes and text to resemble the original range, and take into account any merged cells and text wrapping.

This feature would be immensely helpful for individuals & organizations that display information tables alongside their diagrams!

I am requesting the ability to display a PKI digital signature on the drawing (i.e a signature line), so that when I print the drawing, or send the drawing for a second concurrence, the digital signature is displayed. We use Visio to create packages which have multiple drawings, each which require two signatures. We could convert these drawings to PDF to digitally sign, but that requires us to save the file each time. this process takes too long, so we print and sign the documents. We would like to go paperless, but cannot if this process is required. The stencil feature in Visio is why we use it. We have extensively researched off the product items. We would love and add in that can be purchased, or the ability to digitally sign the document similar to the method used in Word.

Often after designing a process flow, I have to "walk through" what has been documented, to ensure there are no "dead ends", or lines not correctly joined, not described after a decision, or just to make sure the process actually makes sense; and I currently do this by zooming in, and manually tracing through the process (or printing it out and studying the process). A really useful feature would be a way to "simulate" the process, defining where it starts, then following it all the way through, one decision branch at a time (once that branch has been completed, going back to where the decision took place and following the next branch).

The current waveform generator available in the shapes allows us to draw one period of a sine wave.
Sometimes, we want to create graphs with sine waves, but maybe a cosine, and maybe not one entire period. Currently, to do so, we have to use the current shape and hide the parts not wanted with white rectangles... This is a bit annoying and not very clean.

It would be nice to be able to have as a shape :

- a cosine over one period

- a cosine/sine over half a period

- a cosine/sine over a quarter a period

When opening stencils with large number of shapes (e.g. Microsoft Azure, Cloud and Enterprise Symbol) it is very difficult to find the shape by scrolling up and down within the narrow confines of the open shape pane.

It would be helpful if there was a simple way to search within the shape pane. Perhaps by just start to type after clicking on the pane and the search term highlights the shape name and focus shifts. This is like incremental search in many editors. Another way may be a small search box after the horizontal separator line for 'Drop Quick Shapes Here'

I feel this will increase the usability of visio.

For multi-monitor setups allowing child windows to be separated from the single host app window would be extremely useful, as per Excel: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2013/02/07/open-excel-workbooks-in-separate-windows-and-view-them-side-by-side/, or, ideally, using Visual Studio's tear off windows, out of the main app into some spare screen space.

Although you can stretch the app window across multiple monitors the break between two monitors never sits in the right place (ie the break between two child windows) and so you end up using a single monitor.

In Visio, it's common to have multiple ShapeSheet windows open at once, either displaying master and instance, or one for each sub-shape in a group. In my setup (28" 3840x2160 @ 125%) I recon on one drawing window + a maximum of five ShapeSheet windows as being usable, but beyond that you spend all your time scrolling and switching windows. One of the real benefits of a large screen in Visio is being able to see more ShapeSheet sections at once and this is limited by only being able to use a single monitor.

From the drawing window perspective, other scenarios might also include: a) master details view - for example a one window for a floor plan, displayed alongside other windows of the same page at different zoom levels and areas of focus, b) multi-page view - ie one window per page

Bottom line - I've got plenty of screen real-estate and I'd like Visio to make full use of it so that I can be more productive.

Dynamic grid functionality is missing if we open Visio via RDP session (W10 OS + Visio 2013/2016 any version). Reprosteps:

1.-Take 2 machines and do an RDP session from machine A to machine B (Visio 2013/2016 needs to be installed on machine B)
2.-Open Visio 2013/2016 after establishing the RDP session.
3.-Make sure that the “Dynamic grid” functionality is not turned off (It should be enabled by default).
4.-Try to check if the mentioned funcionaly works by adding more than one shape on any drawing.

Actual result: Dynamic grid is not working.
Expected result: Dynamic grid should be working.
Workaround: The same does not happen if we previously opened Visio before establishing the RDP session.

This issue has been already notified here:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msofficevisio-msowin10-mso_2016/visio-2016-dynamic-grid-and-guidelines-not-working/920c6916-0e89-4eb7-b5cb-9ff73fa8287c

It has been tested internally on SR 118091919040266. It seems to be a visual cosmetic malfunction that can only triggered with RDP sessions.