Viewing visio files using draw.io

Viewing visio files using draw.io.

If you do not have Microsoft visio installed on your windows machine, you still can open and view visio diagram files. We can make use of draw.io . The draw.io web app does not support viewing the visio files.

You can download the draw.io windows app from their website.

You can visit https://www.drawio.com/ and download the application.

Once you install it , you can import a visio file into it like any other diagram/image file.

I hope this info is helpful in some situations.

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