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Subject:Re: problems with web design -- Word 97 and Visio From:Scott Holstad <sholstad -at- CORP -dot- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 13 Aug 1998 12:29:14 -0700
At 11:31 AM 8/13/98 -0700, Barbara Karst-Sabin wrote:
>Hi, all,
>
>I'm creating some documentation which will be available online and will
>also be printed (for internal use only). I'm having general problems
>with the process, and I think it may be software-related.
>
>1. I've created a group of diagrams in Visio, combined them into one
>file (by specifying a page size of 11x80), then saved them as HTML.
>The save seems to go fine, but when I get to the point where it asks me
>if I'd like to view the pages as HTML (and I say, "Yes"), it brings up
>the browser window, blank, but says the document is done loading. (The
>first time, it locked up my terminal and I had to turn off the power.)
> Anyone have any clue as to what's happening here or had any similar
>problems?
>
What version of Visio are you using for this? I have to admit, I save
Visio drawings as HTML files, and they come up just fine; I haven't had
this problem.... Also, what browser are you using?
Scott
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