ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Compatibility with MS Visio

How to Open MS Visio® 2013/2016 Files on a Mac®

Powerful business graphics and diagramming tools are the norm and not the exception for today’s businesses. For years the de facto standard file format for business has been Microsoft Visio™. Many people involved in visual communication need software tools that will read and write using the Visio file format. With the introduction of Visio 2013 Microsoft has changed the native file format used in earlier versions of Microsoft Visio. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM file import and export works round-trip with the new Visio VSDX file format.

How to Open Visio® VDX File Using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

MS Visio file with the extention.VDX can be created with the MS Visio 2003-2007. It is a filename extension for the MS Visio XML drawing file format. MS Visio 2010 and earlier versions support reading and writing files in a binary VSD or xml-based VDX file formats. Since MS Visio 2013 drawing files are written in the new VSDX and VSDM file formats. The writing VDX files is no longer supported. If you used MS Visio 2003-2010 before and now is considering to switch to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM, maybe this is a good news - ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is still supported reading and writing of Microsoft Visio XML file format. Thus replacing the diagramming software , allows to keep all your drawings, created in the old versions of MS Visio. Making business drawings with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is easier than using MS Visio. Moreover, you will be able to use a huge number of business-oriented libraries supplied by ConceptDraw Solution Park. Also, using ConceptDraw you can create your custom objects and supplement libraries to cover your requirements.

Replace Your Current Diagramming Tool

Migrate from Visio to ConceptDraw for the entire organization at a super low price. By means of a ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Site License, any employer in your company can get advantages of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM at an economical price. There is no need to count both licenses and users. Every co-worker in your organization will get permission to access at no extra charge. Reduced price and effortless administrating are just a couple of the causes to change Visio to ConceptDraw DIAGRAM.

How to Convert a Mind Map into MS Project XML

The easiest way to start this project is to conduct a brainstorm session that identifies necessary tasks, then prepare a project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart and assign resources to tasks. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP, you can initiate a project using a mind map to represent all critical and important tasks. ConceptDraw MINDMAP supports a mind map export to MS Project; it also allows import a project file from MS Project giving team members who use macOS or Windows a working visual map of a planned project.

How to Convert a Mind Map into MS Word Document

Mind maps are often used for structuring ideas, planning, and organizing of various documents. ConceptDraw MINDMAP allows you to transfer a mind map to MS Word format using its export facilities. You can convert a mind map to an MS Word outline using the set of standard templates, or even your custom template. Thus, your mind map will be transformed into the proper document format. Using a custom MS Word template allows you to apply your individual style to each document, being exported from ConceptDraw MINDMAP. You can use a mind mapping to capture ideas and structure information. Then make a quick conversion to MS Word and you finally obtain a clean and stylish document.

How to Make SWOT Analysis in a Word Document

A SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool that helps to identify and compare strengths and weaknesses with opportunities and threats to make a decision and create an action plan. When performing a SWOT analysis, one can create a table split up into four columns so as to list each impacting element side-by-side for comparison, but typically it is conducted using a four-square SWOT analysis template. Using mind map allows you to collect and structure a piece of information involved in SWOT Analysis then, you can export your SWOT mind map into an MS Word document that allows you to present and collaborate your business strategic SWOT analysis matrix in MS Word document.

How to Import MS Project File to a Mind Map Using the Project Exchange Solution

ConceptDraw MINDMAP can export a mind map to MS Project; it can also import a project file from MS Project, making a working visual map of a planned project. ConceptDraw MINDMAP supports inputting external data into a map with one click. Input capabilities are critical because it makes your data visual. When your data is visual, you can manage and communicate it using newly generated documents and/or presentations. Data you can input into your map can come from just about anywhere. Data can come from Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, the web, a mind map, and other electronic sources. You can input data as a task list, resource list, Gantt chart, brainstorm or search results.