You cannot use the Visio 2003 Organizational Chart Wizard to import UTF-8 encoded text (829720)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003

SUMMARY

You cannot use the Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Organizational Chart Wizard to import UTF-8 encoded text.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because the Visio 2003 import feature only supports Unicode and ANSI encoded text.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use Microsoft Notepad to change the text encoding to a supported text format. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Notepad.
  2. On the File menu, click Open.
  3. Locate your UTF-8 text document.
  4. Click this file, and then click OK.
  5. On the File menu, click Save As.
  6. In the Encoding list, click either ANSI or Unicode.
  7. Click Save.
  8. On the File menu, click Close.
Your document is now in a supported file format and can be imported in to Visio 2003.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/12/2006
Keywords:kbnofix kbBug KB829720 kbAudEndUser
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