Work with Visio documents
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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The topics in this section provide step-by-step procedures and code examples for using the object model of Microsoft Office Visio to work with documents in Office projects.
| Task | Procedure |
|---|---|
| Create a blank Visio document, or a new document that is based on an existing Visio template, stencil, or document. | How to: Programmatically create new Visio documents |
| Open an existing Visio document and specify options for read/write, read-only, and docked. | How to: Programmatically open Visio documents |
| Close the active Visio document. | How to: Programmatically close Visio documents |
| Save a document with the same name or a new name. | How to: Programmatically save Visio documents |
| Print an entire document or a specified page. | How to: Programmatically print Visio documents |