Visio

File Format
Name	Visio
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Visio
Extension(s)	.vsd, .vss, .vst, .vdx, .vsx, .vtx, .vsdx, .vssx, .vstx, .vsdm, .vssm, .vstm, .vsw, .vsl
Released	1992

Visio is a vector-graphic diagramming program by Microsoft, part of some versions of their Office suite. It was formerly an independent program from Shapeware.

File versions

Proprietary binary

• VSD: Drawing
• VSS: Stencil
• VST: Template

DataDiagrammingML (XML)

• VDX: Drawing
• VSX: Stencil
• VTX: Template

OPC/XML

• VSDX: Drawing
• VSDM: Drawing, macro-enabled
• VSSX: Stencil
• VSSM: Stencil, macro-enabled
• VSTX: Template
• VSTM: Template, macro-enabled

Other

• VSW: Web drawing
• VSL: Add-on

Related formats

• DataDiagrammingML

Links

• Wikipedia article
• Visio official site
• Visio viewer for MSIE