Problem in converting visio file to eps file for latex

Question

I am now writing thesis using LaTeX. I tried Microsoft visio to draw flowcharts and wanted to create eps file so as to incorporate in LaTeX document, while converting, I face the following problems,

1. when I use metafiletoeps.exe converter, the fonts inside the flowchart get transformed as a bitmap font rather than a vector font.

1. when I save the visio document as a svg file and reopened using inkscape, the fonts in the flowchart overlaps or goes out of flow chart symbol boundary.
2. when I print the visio document using pdfcreator to convert to eps file, the fonts inside the flowchart appeared as bitmap in the eps document.

How can I get correct eps with fonts also in vector format in the conversion of visio docs to eps file format?

Answer 1

Just in case you are interested to create the flowchart with PSTricks, I provide the following template.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pst-node}
\usepackage{pst-blur}
\definecolor{Pink}{rgb}{1.,0.75,0.8}

\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\PreviewEnvironment{psmatrix}
\renewcommand\PreviewBbAdjust{-8mm 7mm 9mm 1mm}

\begin{document}

\begin{psmatrix}[rowsep=0.6,colsep=0.5]
\psovalbox[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=yellow,shadow=true]{Begin} \\
\psdblframebox[framearc=.4,fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=pink]{row2col1}\\
\psframebox[shadow=true]{row3col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{row3col2} \\
\psdiabox[shadow=true]{row4col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{row4col2} \\
\psframebox[shadow=true]{row5col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{row5col2}\\
\psframebox[shadow=true]{row6col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{\bf row6col2}&row6col3 \\
\psdblframebox[framearc=.4,fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=pink]{row7col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{\bf row7col2}&row7col3\\

%top frame
\psframe[linestyle=dashed](-1,5.3)(2.35,2)
\rput{0}(-1.3,4.5){\rotateleft{TopFrame}}
\psframebox[shadow=true]{row8col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{\bf row8col2}&row6col3\\
\psframebox[shadow=true]{\begin{tabular}{c}row9col1-line1\\row9col1-line2\end{tabular}}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{\bf row9col2}&row9col3\\
\psframebox[shadow=true]{row10col1}&\psframebox[shadow=true]{row10col2}\\
row11col1\\
\psovalbox[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=yellow,shadow=true]{end} \\

\ncline{->}{1,1}{2,1}
\ncline{->}{2,1}{3,1}

\ncline{->}{3,1}{4,1}
\ncline{4,2}{5,2}
\ncline{->}{4,1}{4,2}
\ncline{4,1}{5,1}
\ncline{->}{5,1}{6,1}
\ncline{->}{5,1}{6,2}

\ncline{->}{6,1}{7,1}
\ncline{->}{6,1}{6,2}
\ncline{->}{7,1}{8,1}
\ncline{->}{8,1}{9,1}
\ncline{->}{9,1}{10,1}
\ncline{->}{10,1}{11,1}
\ncline{->}{11,1}{12,1}

\ncline{->}{12,1}{12,2}

\ncline{->}{7,2}{8,2}
\ncline{->}{8,2}{9,2}
\ncline{->}{9,2}{10,2}

\psline[linecolor=blue]{->}(5.2,7)(6.5,7)(6.5,8.3)(5.2,8.3)
\psline[linecolor=blue]{->}(6.5,8.3)(6.5,5.8)(5.2, 5.8 )
\psline[linecolor=blue]{->}(6.5,5.8)(6.5,4.4)(5.2,4.4)

\end{psmatrix}
\end{document}