Paste Special+Link (for only a few objects)   

Hi all,

I know that I can Copy/Paste Special/Link an entire Visio drawing or a 
single object from a drawing, but when I try to do the same for a certain 
portion of my drawing, Visio will not allow me to do so. 

If I just want to copy and link, say, the top half of my drawing (copying 
and linking all objects and connectors from the top half) to another 
document, how would it be done?

Thanks,
Ivan

date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:06:02 -0700   author:   Ivan Salas

RE: Paste Special+Link (for only a few objects)   

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\viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs26 I created a Group from several objects to make the Paste Link option function when pasting into Word.  However, note that the Link is always to the Drawing, not really to a piece of the drawing.  In other words, when you double click on the pasted item in a Word doc, for instance, it will open the whole source drawing - no matter whether you linked an object, a page, or a group - this is the way the link is stored, and is expected.
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\par Barb Way
\par Product Support - Visio
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\par Thread-Topic: Paste Special+Link (for only a few objects)
\par 
\par Hi all,
\par 
\par I know that I can Copy/Paste Special/Link an entire Visio drawing or a 
\par single object from a drawing, but when I try to do the same for a certain 
\par portion of my drawing, Visio will not allow me to do so. 
\par 
\par If I just want to copy and link, say, the top half of my drawing (copying 
\par and linking all objects and connectors from the top half) to another 
\par document, how would it be done?
\par 
\par Thanks,
\par Ivan
\par \pard 
\par 
\par }

date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:26:26 GMT   author:   (Barb Way)