VISIO 2000 - It's randomly moving shapes when I reopen file HELP!

[Jim C]

VISIO 2000 - It's randomly moving shapes when I reopen file HELP!!!!!!!!!!

 

[raven]

Make sure you save the file after you re-arrange the shapes before verifying
your work.

 

[Jim C]

That's when it happens. If I save the file it's fine. When I close the file
and re-open it, the shapes move - sometimes off the page completely. I'm
using Visio 2000, Office 2003 and XP. The problem seems to happen
exclusively inside process lane objects.

 

[raven]

Something makes me want to think it has to do with scale, but something
definately sounds screwy.

Another thing to try, copy/paste your drawing into a fresh document.

 

[Jim C]

That's been my workaround solution - I've had to recreate my drawings in new
documents - which is OK for one or two drawings but I'm creating system wide
process documentation - I have six or seven files with 10 -12 tabs in each
file.

Thanx for responding.

 

[raven]

So, does copy/pasting fix it permanently?

If so, view the "shapesheet" for the whole document and make the scale there
match that of a brand new sheet.

 

[Lemmysmate]

I posted early yeaterday with the same problem (sorry should of checked
further) copy & paste doesn't solve it permanently for me, but it doesn't
happen to all my visio files (visio 2000 on office 2000). I open them up, it
looks perfect, it then thinks for a minute (litteraly) and spreads all my
shapes, swimlanes, connectors all over the place.

recreating the entire file solves it, but not every time.

 

[raven]

That's just friggin' odd. I don't know what to say to that.

 

[Lemmysmate]

@rse, I really hoped someone would have a brilliant solution. The original
file is ok on the authors machine, just when they save it and its opened by
someone else across a network.