Microsoft KB Archive/322859

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

Article ID: 322859

Article Last Modified on 1/6/2006

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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 Q322859



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.

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