1. WorkPad 4 Visio Import www.businessoptix.com

2. WorkPad 4 Visio Import  Business Optix WorkPad 4 provides the ability to import an existing Visio model.  Visio 2003 or later must be installed on the machine running WorkPad.

3. How to import an existing Visio  Select the Home ribbon  Click the Import tool  Select the Visio file you wish to import from the dialog box  Click Open

4. Visio Import Options  The Visio Import Options dialog will appear, to let you choose which Visio shapes will be converted to which WorkPad Process model components  It lists each known Visio Type against the corresponding (selectable) WorkPad Type  You can choose whether you want a separate model for each page if the Visio being imported includes multiple pages – just check the Generate separate XBP for each page? box  Once you’re happy, click OK

5. The Import  Any warnings will be displayed for any links that are not connected at both ends within the Visio model  These unconnected links will be omitted from the WorkPad  All known Visio shapes will be imported, and your Visio diagram will appear as a WorkPad model  The Import dialog will close

6. Handling Unrecognized Shapes  To check whether any Visio shapes were unrecognized, click the Import tool again  Any unrecognized shapes are reported on the Unrecognized types from last import tab  Right click the Shape Type you wish to import  And select the WorkPad type you wish to map it to  Click OK, and the Visio model will be re-imported using your new mappings