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Stencils

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how-to articles - Stencils

You cannot find stencils when you use Shape Search in Visio 2007 or in Visio 2003
Describes how you cannot find stencils when you us Shape Search to locate them in Visio 2007 or in Visio 2003. To work around this problem, set the language of the new stencil to match the language setting of your version of Office.
How to view the document stencil in Visio
Describes how to display the document stencil in Microsoft Visio 2002 and in later versions of Visio.
How to specify an additional location for storing stencils in Visio 2007 or in Visio 2003
This article describes how to specify an additional location for storing stencils in Microsoft Office Visio 2007 or in Microsoft Office Visio 2003. Overview The method that you use to specify an additional location for storing stencils is changed in...

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Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: December 21, 2004
Describes the Visio 2003 issue that is fixed in the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated December 21, 2004.
Description of the Visio 2003 hotfix package: April 15, 2008
Describes the Visio 2003 issue that is fixed in the hotfix package that is dated April 15, 2008.
Decreased performance when you add or move shapes that are contained in a Visio 2007 or a Visio 2003 drawing that is hosted in the Visio 2003 ActiveX Control
Describes a problem in Visio 2003 where performance is slow if you work with shapes in a drawing that is hosted in the Visio 2003 ActiveX Control, and the shapes use gradient fill patterns or other complex fill patterns.
Either the custom properties or the ToolTip is missing from Visio 2003 drawing when it is opened in Internet Explorer
Describes an issue when you open a Visio drawing that was saved as a Web page in Visio 2003, the custom properties or the ToolTip may be missing when you view the drawing in Internet Explorer.

Troubleshooting - Stencils

Troubleshooting - Stencils

A stencil opens in only the first instance of the Visio Drawing Control when you use the OpenEx method on a form that contains multiple instances of the Visio Drawing Control
Describes a scenario in which you cannot use the OpenEx method to open a stencil in all instances or in a particular instance of the Visio Drawing Control on a form that contains multiple instances of the Visio Drawing Control.
A docked stencil opens in the instance of the Visio ActiveX control that was last active when you use the OpenEx method in Visio
Discusses a scenario where a docked stencil opens in the instance of the Visio drawing control that was last active when you use the OpenEx method to open a docked stencil in a program that uses multiple instances of the drawing control.
You receive a “Macros in this document are disabled because the security level is high” error message when you try to open a stencil that does not contain macros
Describes an error message that you receive when you open a stencil in Visio 2003. You can save the stencil in the Visio 2003 format to work around this problem.

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