disappearing text...

[Jeri]

Sometimes, when I am editing an organizational chart in Visio 2003, I will
make changes in a text box within a shape, and when I am done and I click on
"save" or change to the pointer (from text) or click outside the text box,
all my changes disappear. I have not been able to figure out why this
happens or how to prevent it.

Has anyone here experienced this problem? Any insights?

Thanks!

 

[David J Parker [MVP Visio]]

What sort of changes?
If you are using the Organization Chart add-in, then you should really be
editing data using the Custom Properties window because the text in the
shape is linked to these values.

 

[John... Visio MVP]

and the organizational chart Option menu will control which custom
properties will appear and where. (Look at the Fields and Text tabs)

John... Visio MVP

 

[Jeri]

Here's an example: Inside the shape, there was a bold, underlined heading
and a list of employees under the heading in regular type. I made changes to
the list - deleted some employees, added others, corrected spellings. When I
clicked outside the box, everything except the heading disappeared.

Also, there was another time when I tried to bold and underline a heading,
but instead bolded and underlined everything in the box.

It seems like sometimes text behaves the same as in Word or Excel and other
times Visio is a world unto itself.

Thank you for replying.

 

[Jeri]

Ahhhhhhhh! Thank you so much - I think this is where the problem lies!

L&L,