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Old 03-28-2011, 05:05 AM   #1
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Visio viewer


Hi.

Could anybody help me and let me know if there is a Visio viewer for Linux (I'm using Ubuntu 10.10)?

I don't need to edit the files, just view them - we use Visio (on Windows) for creating the content, and it's fine.

I have a workaround, which is to save the Visio to PDF (which is also good for people who don't have Visio anyway), but it would be good to be able to read native .vsd files.

I don't need to edit the files, nor an alternative product such as Dia & import/export facilities, I'm just after a native Linux app that can display them read-only.

I don't really want to go for wine, either, as that sort of defeats the object of going M$-free.

Thanks very much!
 
Old 03-28-2011, 05:12 AM   #2
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Not for Visio no. Sadly there's just nothing under Linux that can even think about coming vaguely close to what visio can, and the format is so proprietary making sense out of it within buy in from MS is tough work for a bit of software that would ultimately be very marginal in it's uses.
 
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