Setting connector defaults?

[Douglas Buchanan]

VISIO Standard 2003 SP1

Is there a way to set connector defaults? I want a dynamic connector
with NO arrows!

Currently for every connector I make I have to go throgugh seven or
more clicks to re-format the line to remove the arrow.

I tried to find a template or stencil (what ever it is called) with
the desired connector style, but that has its own problems.

Here is what I tried to do...
I did a search for shapes on connectors and got about 500 different
kinds of connectors. But there is NO way to determine which ones have
or don't have arrows (All the ones I tried have arrows). The pictures
are too small to determine if they do or do not have arrows and the
descriptions are truncated so you can't tell by the descriptions.

Isn't there some way to set the default format of a dynamic connector
so I don't get the arrow.

I simply want a dynamic connector with no arrow!

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Go to File > Shapes > Show Document Stencil. Double click the Dynamic
Connector master shape to edit it. Set any formatting you like, such as
removing the line ends. Close the window and say 'yes' to keep the changes.

 

[Douglas Buchanan]

Mark,

Thank you!

Doug

Go to File > Shapes > Show Document Stencil. Double click the Dynamic
Connector master shape to edit it. Set any formatting you like, such as
removing the line ends. Close the window and say 'yes' to keep the changes.

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Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

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[CycleFitness]

For some reason, my connectors arrows are in reverse. Everytime I connect a
shape from, say, left to right, the arrow points to the left. I tried your
instructions below to change the default, but when I open the Document
Stencil there is nothing in it.

Any advice?

Thanks,
Deb

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

If there is nothing in the Document Stencil, I do not think you are working
with connectors. It's possible you are using regular lines to connect
things together. To change the default formatting of a line, click on the
page to deselect all your shapes, then go to the arrow dropdown on the
Formatting toolbar and change your format. All future lines will use this
setting.

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.