Microsoft Visio is one of the leading diagramming tools in the market that offers variety of drawings – flowcharts, org charts, floorplans etc. Shapes are the drawings elements in Visio and these shapes can have relationships with other shapes or become a member of a group of shapes. They can be created from imported images, and Visio supports most image file types. To have the similar behaviour as shape, the shape needs to be converted.

Step 1

Open the Visio and select the Blank Drawing

Visio images

 

Step 2

Go to Insert –> Pictures and add image. Or simply copy the image on clipboard and paste it. Resize the image

Visio Convert to shape

Step 3

Right click on the image and select group.. Now you can work with this shape as other shapes in visio

Visio Convert to shape

 

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Visio Image to shape

Microsoft Visio 2016 Step by Step Book by Scott A. Helmers

Perfect book for the basic use of MS Visio. Helps to learn more about the functions in Visio and also simple drawings.

It is a great How to guide for visio basics