how do I save a doc created in visio 2003 back to version 5?

[time2go]

I have created a doc in Visio 2003 and want to save it so it can be opened by
someone who has Visio version 5. How do I do this? The only option I seem
to have for saving to a previous version is back to Visio 2002.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The file format changed between Visio 5 and Visio 2000, but did not change
for Visio 2002. Visio 2003 has a new file format. Visio has always allowed
you to save in the current or previous file format.

So if you save a Visio file with Visio 2003, you can save in Visio 2002
format which should be readable by Visio 2000 or Visio 2002. You can then
use Visio 2000 or Visio 2002 to save in VIsio 5 format.

John... Visio MVP

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[Paddy]

So if you save a Visio file with Visio 2003, you can save in Visio 2002
format which should be readable by Visio 2000 or Visio 2002. You can then
use Visio 2000 or Visio 2002 to save in VIsio 5 format.

One of the beauties of Visio is that different versions can happily co-exist
on one computer. I hope this continues with future versions, to enable the
"back-version" saving you describe.

Paddy

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

A little more info:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/07/07/657375.aspx

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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