Thanks for the extra information. It is important to distinguish between
lines and connectors in Visio. Lines are drawn with the Line Tool and
Connectors are drawn with the Connector Tool. You can also get a connector
using the Connect Shapes command or may drag a connector shape out from a
stencil.

When you go to Format Line with nothing selected, you are changing the
formatting of future lines that you draw with the Line Tool. This does not
affect the formatting of connectors you draw with the Connector Tool or add
by other means. Visio looks for a master shape called Dynamic Connector to
determine the formatting of connectors. You can go to File Shapes Show
Document Stencil to find the Dynamic Connector master in use with the
document. Double-click to edit this and format it how you like. If there
is no Dynamic Connector master yet, use the Connector Tool to add a
connector to the drawing and Visio will automatically generate a Dynamic
Connector master for you.

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"Priya" wrote in message
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So, I am not getting the arrow either in the default template or my
organization's template.
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Thanks and regards,
Priya


"Priya" wrote:

Forgot to mention. I am using the default template, Basic flowchart.
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Priya


"Priya" wrote:

I closed Visio, opened it again, opened a new drawing, set the
Format--Line
option to display an arrow, created two shapes, and used
Shapes--Connect
Shapes. It is still a line. :-(
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Priya


"Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote:

If you start a new Basic Flowchart diagram and draw a connector, does
it
have an arrow on it? If so we need to figure out how that shape is
different from one you get in your template.

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"Priya" wrote in message
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Hi,

I tried that too. Did not work.

I have tried the following:
1) Without selecting anything on the page, set the Format--Line
option
2) Format--Define Style

I can only do the following:
1) Drag the conenctor from the Shapes pane on the left.
2) Manually format each line

I would like to be able to conenct shapes using the Shape--Connect
Shapes
option. It just gives me a line and not an arrow.

Please help. I am working on a project that involves a lot of
flowcharts
and
this is driving me crazy.

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Priya


"Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote:

You may need to make the change in the Connector style for the
document.
Look in Format Define Styles.

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"Priya Raghavan" wrote
in
message
news I tried that. However, when I use the connector tool in the
toolbar or
when
I
click Shape--Connect Shapes, I still get a line and not an
arrow.

"David Parker" wrote:

If you open the Drawing Window, then expand the Masters node,
and
double-click Dynamic connector - then you will be able to edit
the
default
appearance for the connector. When finished, just close the
edit
window
and
carry on using the Connector Tool.

"Priya Raghavan" Priya
wrote in
message
...
Hi, I too am facing the same issue.

1) If I choose the arrow connector from the Shapes window
(where I
have
saved the arrow conenctor), I can use it as an arrow.
2) When I choose the 'Connector Tool' from the tool bar, I
only get
a
line,
and not an arrow. I can change the properties of the line and
get
the
arrow
after I draw the line. I tried to set the default setting of
the
line
from
the menu Format-Line. It still does not work.
It is tedious to change the property of every line, or to
drag from
the
Shapes window.
I would like to use the 'Conenctor Tool' to draw arrows
directly.
Please help.

"A. J. Alwin" wrote:

I am creating a new flow chart and can't get the "format"
"line"
function
to
create arrows at the end of my lines when I create them.
The
"format"
settings indicate that I have an arrow, but not when I draw
the
line.
As I
recall, the older version of VISIO was easier to set up in
this
regard.

I have a lot of flow charting to do today - HELP!

Al

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