Insert Object dialog box

Use this dialog box to insert objects from other programs into a Microsoft Office Visio drawing using OLE. You can either open another program from within Visio and create a new object or insert an existing file into Visio.

Object type

Lists the types of objects that you can link or embed from an OLE-compatible program. The items in the list depend on which OLE-compatible applications are installed on your computer.

Create new

Opens the corresponding program and creates the object you want to insert.

Create from file

Inserts an existing file. To link the object to your Visio drawing, select the Link to file check box.

Display as icon

Displays the linked or embedded object as an icon instead of inserting the content. Also displays the Change Icon button.

Change icon

Appears when the Display as icon check box is selected. Opens the Change Icon dialog box where you can choose between the current icon, a default icon, or an icon from a bitmap file. You can also change the Label for the icon.