Visio2002: Text Rotated 180 Degrees When You Save Drawing As an AutoCAD .dwg or .dxf File (309446)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional

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).

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	7/27/2006
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB309446