Where did the drawing go?

[John Simons]

Visio 2003 SP2 with all the latest patches.

I have an extensive floor plan created in a file. I renamed the page by
double-clicking on the tab and replacing the name with 'Current'. I then
added a page and called it 'Proposed'. The program hour-glassed for a bit
which I thought was curious and then hung. I could close the program and
since I did some editing on the file, I saved it when prompted. The next
time I opened the file, the design was not visible and the scale was
literally off the charts (it says X = - 46 ft., Y = 89478492 ft. 6) The file
size is 1.2 MB so I know there is a bunch of stuff there, but I can't seem to
get it to show up. HELP!

I, of course do not have a backup of the file as it was just created today.
Any suggestions as to how I can get this drawing back?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

John Simons

 

[Barb Way]

I am guessing that you have already rebuilt the drawing, since this is an
older item. But in case you still have a copy that you want to refurbish,
check to see if you can do a Select All (CTRL-A) on the page, and then zoom
in (or out) to see the objects. Visio permits you to place objects off of
the drawing page surface, so it sounds like Visio might have thrown the
objects off to the side, or into an odd scale factor.

Let me know if you still need help with the drawing!

Barb Way
Product Support - Visio
Microsoft Corporation
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