Unable to connect connectors

[Barb R.]

I'm trying to put a connector between two autoshapes in a complex drawing
canvas. The little blue dots on the autoshape are not being displayed for
one of the autoshapes when I try to add a connector. I have confirmed that
it is an autoshape as opposed to part of a larger object. Can someone tell
me what I need to look for to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance,
Barb Reinhardt

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Barb,

Is this in one of the long and complex documents you've
been working on or a new one?

It could be a bit of corruption in the document if you're
inside of a drawing canvas in Word 2002 or 2003 (?) and the
connector isn't working on all the shapes.

You may want to try using File=>Save as Web Page, close
Word, reopen and then save as a .doc file to a new name and
see if that helps.

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I'm trying to put a connector between two autoshapes in a complex drawing
canvas. The little blue dots on the autoshape are not being displayed for
one of the autoshapes when I try to add a connector. I have confirmed that
it is an autoshape as opposed to part of a larger object. Can someone tell
me what I need to look for to fix this problem?

Thanks in advance,
Barb Reinhardt>>
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[Barb R.]

Is it one of the documents from HELL? You bet! I'll try saving as a web
page tomorrow.

Remember, these docs were originally set up with VERSIONS and have been part
of a MASTER/SUBDOCUMENT Arrangement. In my view, they are set up for
corruption.

 

[Barb R.]

Bob,

I'll send the doc to you, but I'm not sure where to send it. I've removed
all of the identifying information and it's only autoshapes, but I still
can't connect a couple of them. I've even saved the document as a web page
and back to a WORD doc and still am having a problem.

Barb

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Barb,

You remove the extra bits of the email address used here
<75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com>
to send the doc and any notes on its creation you think
may be helpful.

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Bob,

I'll send the doc to you, but I'm not sure where to send it. I've removed
all of the identifying information and it's only autoshapes, but I still
can't connect a couple of them. I've even saved the document as a web page
and back to a WORD doc and still am having a problem.

Barb >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[Barb R.]

I've since discovered that the autoshapes that I was trying to connect were
not at the top of the stack. I thought I'd checked that, but apparently
not. Thanks for your assistance.