The Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Viewer enables almost anyone to view Visio files. The Visio Viewer 2003 allows anyone to view Visio drawings and diagrams (created with Visio 5, 2000, 2002, or 2003. With Visio Viewer, you can open, view, or print Visio drawings, even if you don't have Visio installed. You cannot, however, edit, save, or create a new Visio drawing with Visio Viewer. For that, you need a full version of Visio installed. Hi, Visio Viewer is a plugin for Internet Explorer. When you double click a.VSD file, it will open in Internet Explorer 8. A bar will pop up at the top asking you to install an Active X control.
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Note
Office 365 ProPlus is being renamed to Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this change, read this blog post.
Symptoms
Consider the following scenario:
- You are running Internet Explorer.
- You have Visio Viewer installed on the computer.
- You try to open Microsoft Office Visio files in Visio Web Access.
In this scenario, when you click Open in Visio, you receive the following error message:
The Microsoft Office Visio Viewer Cannot Load
Cause
This issue occurs because Visio Web Access invokes the client application by using the ms-visio:ofv|u|documenturl protocol, but Visio Viewer doesn't support or process this protocol.
Resolution
Microsoft Office Access
To resolve this issue, install Microsoft Office Visio.
Status
Microsoft Office 365 Visio Viewer
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the 'Applies to' section.