Visio 2003 Solution Center

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How to activate a perpetual license of Visio
Describes how to activate the perpetual license of Visio. This includes how to active the perpetual license by using the Internet or by using the telephone. You can also skip the activation and activate your license at a later time.
How to turn off the AutoCorrect and AutoFormat features in Visio
Describes how to turn off the AutoCorrect and AutoFormat features in Visio.
Information about the Microsoft Activation Wizard Privacy Policy for Visio
Describes the Activation Wizard Privacy Policy for Visio. The description includes why and when you should activate your product. You can activate your product on the Internet or by telephone.

“The page cannot be displayed” error message when you click a hyperlink to open a Visio 2003 file
When you click a hyperlink to open a Microsoft Office Visio 2003 file that is located on a secure Web site, such as an HTTPS site that is using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection, you receive the following error message:
Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: February 8, 2005
Describes the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated February 8, 2005. Lists the issue that the hotfix package fixes and contains information about how to obtain the hotfix package.
Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 9, 2005
Describes the issue that is fixed in the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that was released on January 9, 2005.

Text in drawing does not appear correctly when you print to Adobe PDF Writer with Visio 2002 or Visio 2003
Explains that the text in the Visio 2002 drawing does not appear correctly when you print a Visio drawing to Adobe PDF Writer. To work around this behavior, format the text in the drawing to use the Arial Unicode MS font, and then print the drawing.
A Visio drawing may not open in Visio Viewer 2007, and you may receive an error message in Internet Explorer
Describes how to work around an issue that may occur if Visio Viewer 2007 is installed on a computer that is also running Visio 2002.
You cannot open a Visio drawing after you install Visio 2003 Viewer
Describes an issue where you cannot open a Microsoft Visio drawing or diagram after you install Microsoft Office Visio Viewer 2003. Provides a resolution to this issue.