I have a user that created an accident diagram in Visio 2003 which is then automatically converted to a .png file. The .vsd file is fine and no problems but after the conversion to .png, the .png file shows a ghost image at the bottom right corner of the diagram. The accident diagram involved a tractor trailer and a police car and there is a ghost image of the trailer only in the bottom right corner of the .png file. It is not present in the .vsd file. This causes a problem with the .png file as it shows the actual diagram in the upper left corner as a small image due to the ghost image of the trailer being in the very bottom right corner  thus not allowing the full screen image of the accident.

Does anyone have an idea why this may have happened or how to fit it? We've been using Visio 2003 for our accident diagrams since 2005 and converting them within the accident program to .png files since then also without any problems like this. This is the first time we've seen something like this.

If you would like to email me the .vsd file I'll have a look for you. I have Visio 2003.

paul (at) pherber (dot) com

Ok, got them. They aren't ghosts, they are real shapes that have become displaced a long way off the page.

Open the Drawing Explorer window. scroll down to the shapes Sheet.59 and Sheet.62. As you click on the shape it will be shown and selected on the drawing. They are a long way off page.

These are the two "ghost" shapes. I have no idea what they are or where they came from. You might recognise them. If so then try to move them back onto the page (you'll have to zoom out first). If not then delete them. Problem solved.

that was it. Your answer allowed us to fix the vsd and thus the png file. Thanks very much for your help and support.