Visio2002: Solution-Specific Menus, Toolbars, or Automated Features Are Missing When You Create a New Drawing (322859)

SYMPTOMS

When you create a new drawing in Microsoft Visio, the menus, toolbars, or automated features that are specific to that solution type may be missing.

For example, when you create a new organization chart, the Organization Chart command does not appear on the menu bar as expected.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if either of the following conditions is true:

You create the new drawing by using a template that is not appropriate for that drawing.

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You open a stencil independently of the solution that it is associated with.

Menus, toolbars, and other features that are specific to the solution are available only when you open the template or a drawing that is created from the template.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, do one of the following:

If Visio is already running, point to New on the File menu, point to the type of drawing that you want to create, and then click the template that you want.

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If Visio is not running, start Visio, click the type of drawing that you want to create under Category, and then click the template that you want to use under Template.

Visio opens the template and displays the solution-specific menus and toolbars in the program window.

MORE INFORMATION

Many of the intermediate and advanced solutions in Visio require that you create a new drawing by using its template. The Visio solutions that require you to do so include the following:

Building Plan
Database Model Diagram
Gantt Chart
Active Directory
AutoDiscovery and Layout
LDAP Directory
Novell Directory Services
Organization Chart
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
Process Flow Diagram
UML Model Diagram
Web Site Map

The template contains menus, toolbars, and other features that are specific to that solution and the type of drawing that you want to create.