.vsdx files
.vsdx file
Microsoft Visio Drawing
A Visio diagram — flowcharts, network maps and floor plans.
What opens a .vsdx file
- Windows
- Microsoft Visio, LibreOffice Draw, Visio Viewer (in a browser)
- macOS
- LibreOffice Draw, Visio for the web, Lucidchart
- Linux
- LibreOffice Draw, Visio for the web
- In a browser
- Visio for the web, Lucidchart, diagrams.net
What a .vsdx file is
VSDX is the Open XML diagram format Visio has used since 2013, replacing the binary .vsd. Visio is a separate paid product, not part of standard Office, which is why so many people receive one they cannot open. Microsoft offers a free web viewer in Microsoft 365, and LibreOffice Draw imports VSDX well enough to read and print.
Converting it
A .vsdx file is commonly converted to .pdf, .png, .svg or .vsd. It is a binary format, so a text editor will show unreadable characters rather than its contents.
Details
- Extension
- .vsdx
- Full name
- Microsoft Visio Drawing
- Category
- Documents
- MIME type
- application/vnd.visio
- Created by
- Microsoft
- Format
- Binary
Common questions
- How do I open a .vsdx file?
- On Windows use Microsoft Visio; on macOS use LibreOffice Draw; on Linux use LibreOffice Draw. A Visio diagram — flowcharts, network maps and floor plans.
- What is a .vsdx file?
- Microsoft Visio Drawing. VSDX is the Open XML diagram format Visio has used since 2013, replacing the binary .vsd. Visio is a separate paid product, not part of standard Office, which is why so many people receive one they cannot open.
- Can I convert a .vsdx file?
- Yes. It is usually converted to .pdf, .png, .svg or .vsd, either by exporting from one of the programs listed above or with a format converter.
Related pages
- .pdf — Portable Document Format A fixed-layout document that looks identical everywhere — the format for anythin
- .docx — Word Document (Open XML) The standard Word document since Office 2007 — a zip archive of XML underneath.
- .xlsx — Excel Workbook (Open XML) The standard Excel spreadsheet since 2007, with a million-row limit per sheet.
- .pptx — PowerPoint Presentation (Open XML) The standard PowerPoint deck since 2007.
- .txt — Plain Text File Text with no formatting at all — the format that will still open in fifty years.
- .doc — Word Document (legacy binary) The pre-2007 Word format — still readable, but Microsoft would rather you conver
- .xls — Excel Workbook (legacy binary) The pre-2007 Excel format, limited to 65,536 rows.
- .ppt — PowerPoint Presentation (legacy binary) The pre-2007 PowerPoint format.
- .md — Markdown Document Plain text with a light formatting convention — headings with #, bold with **.
- .rtf — Rich Text Format A formatted document format readable by every word processor since 1987.
- .pages — Apple Pages Document Apple's word processor format — Apple devices and iCloud only.
- .odt — OpenDocument Text The open-standard word processor format, native to LibreOffice.
Sources
- Media Types Registry — IANA
- Official vendor product documentation — At One Place