MBCS Characters in a .dwg File Are Displayed as Alphanumeric Characters When You Open the File in AutoCAD MText Editor

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SYMPTOMS

When you convert a Microsoft Office Visio 2003 drawing that contains Multi-Byte Character Set (MBCS) Japanese characters to AutoCAD (CAD) format by saving the drawing as a .dwg file, and then you open the .dwg file by using the MText Editor in AutoCAD, the MBCS characters are not displayed as MBCS characters. The MBCS characters are displayed as encoded text that contains alphanumeric characters.

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CAUSE

This issue may occur in situations when the codepage of the .dwg file is different from the codepage of the operating system where you are running the AutoCAD MText Editor. For example, this issue may occur if you use either Visio 2003 or AutoCAD to create a .dwg file on a computer that is running a Japanese-language version of Microsoft Windows, and then use AutoCAD MText Editor to open the .dwg file on a computer that is running an English-language version of Windows. If the codepage of the operating system and the codepage of the drawing do not match, AutoCAD MText Editor displays the characters as encoded text.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, save the .dwg file in AutoCAD. After you do so, the MBCS characters are displayed as expected when you open the .dwg file in AutoCAD MText Editor.

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MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to troubleshoot other Mtext display issues in Visio 2003, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

827500 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827500/ ) Mtext Line Spacing Is Not Retained When You Open and View a CAD Drawing in Visio 2003

827501 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827501/ ) Font Overrides That You Apply to Mtext Objects Are Not Retained When You Open and View a CAD Drawing in Visio 2003

827502 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827502/ ) Bold or Italic Mtext Formatting Is Not Retained When You Open and View a CAD Drawing in Visio 2003

827499 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827499/ ) Mtext Scope Formatting Is Not Retained When You Open and View a CAD Drawing in Visio 2003

For more information about working with CAD drawings in Visio 2003, see Visio Help. To do so, on the Help menu, click Microsoft Office Visio Help, type CAD drawings in the Search for box, and then press ENTER to view the topics that are returned.

For more information about Visio 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio (http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio)

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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