Only connectors?

[JMF]

I just migrated to Word 2007 and have noticed something strange.

When I create a line or an arrow, it always is created as a "connector"
rather than a normal line or arrow. I can't create a normal line or arrow.

Since I have just migrated, it may be my fault -- but I was wondering
whether somebody has ever noticed anything like this?

Thanks.

P.S. I *can* create normal lines and arrows in Excel and PowerPoint (I
checked). It's only Word that gives me this strange behavior.

 

[Flav]

I, too have recently migrated to Word 2007 (within the Office 2007 suite) and
am having similar troubles with arrows between text boxes in a drawing canvas
- I am using Word 2007 in the compatability mode, with all files defaulted to
the Word 2003 format, and the arrows I draw are now all connectors to the
midpoint of the sides of the text boxes.

I can override the connector aspect by holding the ALT key when moving one
end of an arrow, but the arrows now snap to a default orientation - not
vertical (I have not tried horizontal arrows) and I have not yet figured out
how to remove the 'snap' so the arrow position is under my full control.

I am also having problems with my text boxes not being maintained when the
file is opened on a machine using Word 2003 (in spite of my use of the
compatability mode)

 

[JMF]

Well, it's nice to notice others have experienced this issue. By the
way, it seems that the same issue is in PowerPoint and Excel 2007 after
all -- I thought it wasn't, but on a second look, it appears that it is.
All a bit mysterious.

I've also come up with a couple of ways of working around it, but it
remains a mystery to me why they might have wanted to eliminate "plain
old lines and arrows" in favor of only-connectors.