I am currently having a hard time exchanging Visio .vsd files between the versions for Office 2003 and Office 2010.
It actually works fine upwards (opening a 2003 .vsd in 2010) but after saving it in 2010 I will not be able to open the same file in 2003.
Error message is always the same, saying
Microsoft Office Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close".
I already tried to Save As Visio 2002 .vsd file, still won't work.
This is apparantly a Visio-only issue, since I am able to open any docx-file format in 2003, which will put me in compatibility mode automatically.
Are there any known issues or work arounds?
Best Answer
Since the extension has not changed since 2003 so you can open the file between 2003, 2007 and 2010 (or at least, attempt to open the file).
The problem is compatibility. I suspect you're using some of the modern graphs or drawing tools, shapes, text fields or formatting and even Data connections etc which was not present in earlier versions.
I would suspect you're using one and the program is crashing out.
To test, create a new document in 2010, leave it empty, save it and see if you can open the file in 2003.
This document about discontinued features in Visio 2010 may help