Font and language settings of text in your drawing are not retained when you reopen drawing in Visio 2003 (827867)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Office Visio 2003, when you change the font and language format of text in your drawing (on the Format menu, click Text, and then click the Font tab), you may find that the settings that you configured are not retained when you save, close, and then reopen your drawing.

For example, in the English-language version of Visio 2003, if you change the Latin text setting from Arial to MS PGothic, change the Asian text setting from a blank setting to MS PGothic, and change the Language setting from English (U.S.) to Japanese, the text and language settings do not use the new settings when you save, close, and then reopen your drawing. The original settings are retained when you view the settings in the Font tab of the Text dialog box.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur if the language of your drawing does not use the same language setting that you configured for the text in your drawing. The font and language settings on the Font tab of the Text dialog box are determined by the language of your drawing. If the text language setting does not match the language of the drawing, you may experience the behavior that is described earlier in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, change the language of your drawing to the language setting that you configured on the Font tab of the Text dialog box. To change the language of your drawing, follow these steps:

Start Visio 2003 and then open your drawing.
On the File menu, click Properties.
Click the Summary tab.
In the Language box, click the language that you want, and then click OK.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to format text in Visio 2003, see Visio Help. To do so, click Microsoft Office Visio Help on the Help menu, type format text in the Search for box, and then click OK to view the topics returned.

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

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