Microsoft KB Archive/264427

= Visio2000: Office Layout Dimension Default Is Not Set to Feet and Inches =

Article ID: 264427

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition

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This article was previously published under Q264427



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Office Layout template, Visio uses decimal feet instead of feet and inches.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To obtain SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

263721 Visio: How to Obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1)

To temporarily work around this problem, set the units of measure for the drawing page to feet and inches. To do so, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the File menu, click Page Setup.
 * 2) Click the Page Properties tab.
 * 3) For Measurement Units, click Feet and Inches.
 * 4) Click OK.



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 corrected in Microsoft Visio 2000 SR-1.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

 * 1) Open the Office Layout template.
 * 2) Add the rectangular room shape.

Note that the walls are dimensioned in feet and inches, and not in decimal feet.

Additional query words: sr1

Keywords: KB264427

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