Visio 2003 Solution Center

Troubleshooting - Visio 2003

• An icon for an object is replaced with text when you select the object in the "Insert Object" dialog box in Visio
  Describes a behavior that occurs with 32-bit icons in Visio 2007 and in Visio 2003.
• The Background property is blank for new pages in Visio 2007 or in Visio 2003 even if there is a background assigned to the current page
  When you insert a new page into a Microsoft Office Visio 2007 or Microsoft Office Visio 2003 drawing, the Background property has a blank entry. If you select for this property, you cannot re-select the blank entry. Additionally, you may experience the...
• Surrogate pair characters appear as square boxes in ListView controls in Visio 2007 or in Visio 2003
  Explains why Surrogate Pair characters appear as square boxes in ListView controls in Visio. Surrogate Pair characters are not supported in Visio.
• A Visio 2007 or Visio 2003 Web Site Map diagram incorrectly indicates that there are broken hyperlinks
  In Microsoft Office Visio 2007 or in Microsoft Office Visio 2003, when you create a Web Site Map diagram, one or more hyperlinks may be incorrectly marked with a red X. The red X indicates that the hyperlink is broken, although the hyperlink functions...
• MS13-044: Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio could allow information disclosure: May 14, 2013
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Visio that could allow information disclosure when a specially crafted Visio file is opened.
• MS13-044: Description of the security update for Visio 2003 Service Pack 3: May 14, 2013
  Resolves a security vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Service Pack 3 that could allow information disclosure when a specially crafted Visio file is opened.
• You receive an error message when you install an Office program or open an Office program or document
  Describes an issue that occurs when the Everyone group of the Microsoft Office registry subkey is not set to full control when you install an Office program. Provides a resolution.
• Fonts that are not TrueType fonts are not recognized by Visio 2003 and later Visio versions
  Visio 2003 and later do not recognize fonts that are not TrueType fonts. This behavior occurs because Visio supports only TrueType Fonts. TrueType fonts have a .ttf extension.
• How to troubleshoot damaged drawings in Visio
  Contains information about how to troubleshoot damaged drawings in Visio 2013, Visio 2010, Visio 2007, Visio 2003 and Visio 2002. Lists methods that you can use to try to recover the damaged drawing.
• You cannot keep the previous versions of Visio when you use the Office 2003 Custom Installation Wizard to customize the installation of Visio 2003
  Explains that all the previous versions of Visio are removed when you use the Office Custom Installation Wizard (CIW) to install Visio 2003.
• Cannot search for Visio 2010, Visio 2007 and Visio 2003 shapes by the master name
  In Microsoft Office Visio 2003, Microsoft Office Visio 2007, and Microsoft Office Visio 2010 you use the Search for Shapes feature to search for shapes. When you search for the master name, the name is not found. If you search for one of the keywords...
• How to troubleshoot general printing problems in Windows 2000 when you are using Office products
  Describes how to troubleshoot printing problems in Windows 2000 when you are using Office 2003 products.
• Error message when you try to validate Office by using Office Genuine Advantage: "No Office Products Detected" or "Error code: 0x80180109"
  Describes an issue where you receive a "No Office Products Detected" or "Error code: 0x80180109" error message when you try to validate Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP by using Office Genuine Advantage. Provides a resolution.
• Error message when you use Office Genuine Advantage to validate Office: "Incorrect Time Settings" or "Error code: 0x8018110"
  Describes an issue where you receive a "Incorrect Time Settings" or "Error code: 0x8018110" error message when you use Office Genuine Advantage to validate Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP. Provides a resolution.
• Error message when you try to validate Office by using Office Genuine Advantage: "Why didn't my computer complete validation" or "Error code: 0x8018111"
  Describes an issue in which you receive a "Why didn't my computer complete validation" or "Error code: 0x8018111" error message when you try to validate Office 2007, Office 2003 or Office XP by using Office Genuine Advantage. Provides a resolution.
• Description of the updates for Office 2003: March 14, 2006
  Microsoft has released updates to the spelling checker for Microsoft Office 2003. These updates improve how Office 2003 programs find and correct errors in Dutch language documents.
• MS11-073: Description of the security update for Office 2003: September 13, 2011
  Resolves security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office 2003 that could allow arbitrary code to run when a maliciously modified file is opened.
• MS11-060: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio could cause remote code execution: August 9, 2011
  Resolves the vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio that could cause remote code execution, and was released on August 9, 2011.
• Error message when you use an .odc file to connect to a specific table in a mail merge data source in a 2007 Office program or in Office 2003: "Record 'number' contained too few data fields"
  Describes a problem where you receive an error message when you try to use a .odc file to connect to a specific table in a mail merge data source in a 2007 Office program or in Office 2003. Provides a hotfix.
• Transparent AutoShapes or transparency patterns do not print as expected in Office XP programs, in Office 2003 programs, and in 2007 Office programs
  Describes an issue where transparent AutoShapes that overlap may not print as expected.
• You receive message "A copy of this document is stored in a Document" when you click Get Updates or open a document that is attached to an e-mail message in Office
  Explains the error message that you receive when you open a document that is attached to an e-mail message.
• Error message when you have the Adobe PDFMaker add-in installed
  Explains that you receive an "A version of Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker that is known to cause instabilities" error message when you start an Office program.
• Text block shape does not have the correct dimensions on a drawing page in Visio 2010, Visio 2007 and in Visio 2003
  Describes how a text block shape that you drag to a scaled drawing page may not fit correctly in the shape boundaries. To resolve this problem, you can create a new master text block shape that has no scale, and then drag the shape to the drawing page.
• MS08-019: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio could allow remote code execution
  Resolves a reported vulnerability in Microsoft Visio that could allow remote code execution.
• MS09-005: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio could allow remote code execution: February 10, 2009
  Resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio that could allow remote code execution.