Supported Formats of Electronic Diagrams

Electronic diagrams are one of the most frequently used computer files. Due to the highly developed modern computer network, it's more convenient to distribute electronic diagrams than printed ones. Nowadays, a lot of devices are used for document presentation, so there are plenty of proprietary and open file formats. The Diagram Viewer handles the most popular of them.

While uploading or opening the file for editing, it will be converted to the Office Open XML format. It's done to speed up the file processing and increase the interoperability.

The following table contains the formats which can be opened for viewing and/or editing.

Formats Description View natively View after conversion to OOXML Edit natively Edit after conversion to OOXML
JPG/JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group
A raster image file format that uses compression to store data
+ + - -
PDF Portable Document Format
File format used to represent documents regardless of the used software, hardware, and operating systems
- + - -
PDF/A Portable Document Format / A
An ISO-standardized version of the Portable Document Format (PDF) specialized for use in the archiving and long-term preservation of electronic documents
- + - -
PNG Portable Network Graphics
A raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression
+ + - -
VSDM A macro-enabled drawing file type used by Microsoft Visio + + - -
VSDX File format designed primarily to store scanned documents, especially those containing a combination of text, line drawings, and photographs + + - -
VSSM Microsoft Visio Stencil files that support macros + + - -
VSSX XML-based Microsoft Visio Stencil files + + - -
VSTM Macro-enabled drawing template created by Microsoft Visio + + - -
VSTX A drawing template created by Microsoft Visio + + - -

The following table contains the formats in which you can download a document from the File -> Download as menu.

Input format Can be downloaded as
JPG PDF, PDF/A, PNG, VSDX
PDF JPG, PDF/A, PNG, VSDX
PDF/A JPG, PDF, PNG, VSDX
PNG JPG, PDF, PDF/A, VSDX
VSDM BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PDF/A, PNG
VSDX BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PDF/A, PNG
VSSM BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PDF/A, PNG
VSSX BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PDF/A, PNG
VSTM BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PDF/A, PNG
VSTX BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PDF/A, PNG

You can also refer to the conversion matrix on api.onlyoffice.com to see whether you can convert your diagrams into the most known file formats.