Microsoft KB Archive/309446

= Visio2002: Text Rotated 180 Degrees When You Save Drawing As an AutoCAD .dwg or .dxf File =

Article ID: 309446

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q309446





SYMPTOMS
If you save a Microsoft Visio 2002 diagram in the AutoCAD .dwg or .dxf file format, text in shapes that have been flipped horizontally may be rotated an additional 180 degrees when you open the .dwg file or .dxf file.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if all of the following conditions are true:
 * You are using Microsoft Visio 2002 (not Visio 2002 Service Release 1 [SR-1]).
 * The text is grouped to a shape that has been rotated or flipped horizontally.
 * The Visio drawing file was saved in the AutoCAD .dwg or .dxf file format.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service release for Microsoft Visio 2002.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

310474 Visio2002: How to Obtain and Install Visio 2002 Service Release 1



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

Additional query words: visio2002 vso2002 text inverted upside down upside-down CAD

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe KB309446

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