Word 2007 should let me draw a line that is not a "connect..

I've tried all of the above suggestions and nothing is working. I think
Plugh is right -- this is a bug. At first you can draw a non-connecting
line, then a switch goes off and you can no longer make it connect.

For now I'm forced to retreat to an older computer that has Office 2003
still running, edit my drawings, then bring them into Word 2007. An ugly
work-around, but it's all I can do.

Microsoft - please put this on the "BUG LIST" and clean it up.

Thanks,

Brian


"Plugh" wrote:

> OK, I see it now, and I think the other comments in this thread are right on.
>
> My earlier drawings contained few boxes. My current drawing was a block
> diagram with some good-sized boxes inside a rectangle. So, almost everywhere
> in this drawing, there is a nearby box to latch onto. [It's the same in the
> other drawings, but there are few and very small boxes.] So, first I removed
> the large surrounding rectangle. That keeps the origin of my (nonconnecting)
> line or arrow from latching right on to the big rectangle. As for the
> destination, when I really want to end at a box, I use the ALT key, as
> suggested in the other posts.
>
> One clue to the non-connecting behavior is that the cursor is a pure cross
> when non-connecting, and a cross with a little square when connecting.
> That's what helps me to see, especially when placing the first endpoint, that
> I am in "connecting mode", perhaps against my will.
>
> So I guess there's no deep mystery or even a bug lurking here. Hi ho.