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Problem with Connectors
I am using Visio 2007 with Office 2003 and Windows XP.
I am using an Organisation Chart to show ownership of some subsidiary companies but cannot connect more than two shapes to one other. e.g. Using the Head Office as 1 and branches as 2, 3, and 4 I need to connect shape 1 to the other three but also connect shape 2 to shape 4 because Company 2 also owns part of Company 4. I have succeeded doing this in the past but now, each time I connect 2 and 4, the connector from 1 to 4 is deleted or disappears. Likewise if I then try to connect 1 and 4 again, the connector between 2 and 4 disappears. It does not make any difference whether I make point to point connectors or shape to shape. Any ideas please? |
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Problem with Connectors
The Org Chart is hard coded to only allow 1 direct parent. That's why the
previous parent disconnects when you add a new one. The way around this is to use the dotted connector. You can make the line style solid if you wish, but do so with caution. It becomes easy to lose track of the regular and dotted connectors. If you use the Wizard to export the drawing, the dotted line connectivity does not get reported. wapperdude "Netting" wrote: I am using Visio 2007 with Office 2003 and Windows XP. I am using an Organisation Chart to show ownership of some subsidiary companies but cannot connect more than two shapes to one other. e.g. Using the Head Office as 1 and branches as 2, 3, and 4 I need to connect shape 1 to the other three but also connect shape 2 to shape 4 because Company 2 also owns part of Company 4. I have succeeded doing this in the past but now, each time I connect 2 and 4, the connector from 1 to 4 is deleted or disappears. Likewise if I then try to connect 1 and 4 again, the connector between 2 and 4 disappears. It does not make any difference whether I make point to point connectors or shape to shape. Any ideas please? |
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Problem with Connectors
Hi Wapperdude,
Thanks for your prompt response. The dotted line works but how do I make it solid? I have also checked on other parts of the chart and think that I may have succeeded by using a point to shape connection or otherwise by taking a connector from another side, but it won't work now. It is almost as if Visio is tempramental! "WapperDude" wrote: The Org Chart is hard coded to only allow 1 direct parent. That's why the previous parent disconnects when you add a new one. The way around this is to use the dotted connector. You can make the line style solid if you wish, but do so with caution. It becomes easy to lose track of the regular and dotted connectors. If you use the Wizard to export the drawing, the dotted line connectivity does not get reported. wapperdude "Netting" wrote: I am using Visio 2007 with Office 2003 and Windows XP. I am using an Organisation Chart to show ownership of some subsidiary companies but cannot connect more than two shapes to one other. e.g. Using the Head Office as 1 and branches as 2, 3, and 4 I need to connect shape 1 to the other three but also connect shape 2 to shape 4 because Company 2 also owns part of Company 4. I have succeeded doing this in the past but now, each time I connect 2 and 4, the connector from 1 to 4 is deleted or disappears. Likewise if I then try to connect 1 and 4 again, the connector between 2 and 4 disappears. It does not make any difference whether I make point to point connectors or shape to shape. Any ideas please? |
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Problem with Connectors
To change the line to solid, select it, go to menu bar Line Pattern icon
click and then select the line style you desire. Al's point is worth considering. If you have a lot of cases where you have multiple parents and need to add a lot of dotted line connectors there is very little point in using the Org Chart, which is really just an embellished subset of Block Diagrams. Obviously, has a Wizard, but, that does no good with the dotted lines. But, if you're too far along, and all of your dotted connections will be solid, then, you can edit the document master, and all present and future placements will be solid. Go to menu bar Shapes Icon scroll to the bottom select document stencil. Double click the dotted-line report to edit. Select the line in the new window, change the line pattern. Close. Apply to all if you wish every placement to have the new line style. Future drag and drops will now have the solid pattern. Wapperdude "AlEdlund" wrote: The orgchart is an example of an embedded application that is designed to show a hierarchial organization, not meshed. You're attempting to make an orange out of an apple. Choose a standard drawing and start dropping shapes, you can connect them whatever way you want. al "Netting" wrote in message ... Hi Wapperdude, Thanks for your prompt response. The dotted line works but how do I make it solid? I have also checked on other parts of the chart and think that I may have succeeded by using a point to shape connection or otherwise by taking a connector from another side, but it won't work now. It is almost as if Visio is tempramental! "WapperDude" wrote: The Org Chart is hard coded to only allow 1 direct parent. That's why the previous parent disconnects when you add a new one. The way around this is to use the dotted connector. You can make the line style solid if you wish, but do so with caution. It becomes easy to lose track of the regular and dotted connectors. If you use the Wizard to export the drawing, the dotted line connectivity does not get reported. wapperdude "Netting" wrote: I am using Visio 2007 with Office 2003 and Windows XP. I am using an Organisation Chart to show ownership of some subsidiary companies but cannot connect more than two shapes to one other. e.g. Using the Head Office as 1 and branches as 2, 3, and 4 I need to connect shape 1 to the other three but also connect shape 2 to shape 4 because Company 2 also owns part of Company 4. I have succeeded doing this in the past but now, each time I connect 2 and 4, the connector from 1 to 4 is deleted or disappears. Likewise if I then try to connect 1 and 4 again, the connector between 2 and 4 disappears. It does not make any difference whether I make point to point connectors or shape to shape. Any ideas please? |
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