Visio2002: Text Is Not Displayed in 3-D Shapes When You Open Drawing in Visio 5.0 (293994)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional

This article was previously published under Q293994

SYMPTOMS

When you create a Microsoft Visio 2002 drawing diagram under the following conditions

The drawing contains 3-D shapes.

-and-
The 3-D shapes contain text.

-and-
The drawing is saved as a Visio 5 Drawing (*.vsd) file.

and you attempt to view the drawing in Microsoft Visio 5.0, the text within the 3-D shapes is not displayed as expected.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because, when you add text to a 3-D shape, the text belongs to the group, which, in this case, is the 3-D shape. The text is not displayed in the shape when you open the drawing in Visio 5.0 because the text-in-a-group feature is not available in Visio version 5.0 or earlier.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

Start Visio 5.0, and then open the drawing diagram.
Select the 3-D shape so that the shape's green selection handles appear, and then retype the text in the shape. Repeat this step for each 3-D shape as necessary.
On the File menu, click Save. Text is displayed in the shapes the next time that you open the file.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about adding text to shapes and drawings, type text in shapes and drawings in the Ask a question box or the Answer Wizard, and then press ENTER to view the topics.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	7/27/2006
Keywords:	kbprb KB293994