We have noticed that while utilizing a cropped PDF background in Visio, sometimes the PDF will “de-crop” itself and display the entire original PDF.
While this is not a System Integrator-related issue, and Microsoft is aware of this error, we want to provide some instructions on how to work around this issue.
This is not a permanent fix, however, we have a workaround to help users get their projects and drawings completed quickly as possible.
In order to keep your PDF cropped, please try the following steps:
- First, crop the image, then right click and select copy.
- After coping the image, delete.
- Next, use the Visio Paste Special (right-click the drawing space, Paste Special) to paste image and select the “Picture” option.
- Now, for the last step, export the file to PDF. Now Visio will respect the cropping and we can zoom to the image as well in Visio.
We have included a demonstration video to show you the steps we just went over. The “Demonstration Video” below demonstrates the following:
- Crop an image
- Export to PDF – the PDF has a complete image and does not respect cropping
Quick Workaround Summary:
- Copy Cropped Image to Clipboard
- Delete Cropped Image
- Paste Special the Image as a “Picture”
- Export to PDF (cropping is respected)
Demonstration Video
https://drive.google.com/file/d/14LszSukjxn0xkkQ2_YOAJfnBKeNih7HP/view?usp=sharing
If you have any questions or issues in regards to this topic, please let us know by going to https://d-tools.com/support_main/ to submit a support ticket, or join us in our Support Chat within the same page.
Again, while this is not a System Integrator issue, but we will do our best to assist!