Chez G

This is a short post, as much to remind myself how I did it, of how to get vector output from Visio 2007 when you are running it under Ubuntu using wine or crossover office.

1. Install Visio 2007. The instructions, summarized, are:
   1. Create a new blank Windows XP bottle
   2. Install Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 3.0 Service Pack 5 (SP5) into the bottle (msxml3.msi)
   3. Install Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0 into the bottle (msxml6.msi)
   4. Install Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package (dotnetfx.exe)
   5. Finally start the Visio 2007 install
2. Create a diagram
3. (Not necessary when using ps2epsi) Optional: Reset the page size to fit diagram. File -> Page Setup… -> Page Size -> Size to fit drawing contents
4. Print to a PostScript printer you have defined in CUPS under linux. My HP LJ2200 is a PS printer, so it was already on the list. Select the “Print to file” box and press OK. In the file dialog that opens, name your file whatever.ps.
5. Reset the bounding box of whatever.ps: ps2epsi whatever.ps. This yields whatever.epsi.
6. Include whatever.epsi into Lyx or Latex and enjoy

Revised 5 December 2008: Removed line about changing page size, since ps2epsi fixes the bounding box without that step.