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You receive a "This version of Microsoft Office Visio cannot display DGN files" error message when you open a Visio file in Visio 2007 or in Visio 2003

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Article ID:830918
Last Review:November 14, 2006
Revision:2.3

SYMPTOMS

When you try to open a Microsoft Visio file (*.vsd) in Microsoft Office Visio 2007 or in Microsoft Office Visio 2003, you may receive the following error message:
One or more DGN files were detected in this drawing. This version of Microsoft Office Visio cannot display DGN files. To see the drawing as intended, open the drawing in a previous version of Visio that can display DGN files.

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CAUSE

This behavior may occur if the Visio file contains a DGN graphic. Visio 2007 and Visio 2003 do not support the DGN graphics format.

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WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, try to open the file in Microsoft Visio 2002 or earlier.

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
•Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2007
•Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
•Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003

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Keywords: 
kberrmsg kbprb KB830918

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