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Flowchart connectors are grayed out
Hi, I'm using Office XP Standard. Windows XP Pro, SP2
I do the following to make a flowchart in Word. 1. Insert-Picture-Autoshapes-Flowchart 2. I did one, then the Autoshapes box popped up, so I did another one. However, then I wanted to join them together. I clicked on "connectors" in the auto shape box, but they're all grayed out. Anyone know why my connectors might be grayed out? Better yet, how to get them back? I've reinstalled Office and rebooted. -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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Connectors are available only when you are using a drawing canvas. If you
have this option disabled, use Insert | Picture | New Drawing to get one. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP Standard. Windows XP Pro, SP2 I do the following to make a flowchart in Word. 1. Insert-Picture-Autoshapes-Flowchart 2. I did one, then the Autoshapes box popped up, so I did another one. However, then I wanted to join them together. I clicked on "connectors" in the auto shape box, but they're all grayed out. Anyone know why my connectors might be grayed out? Better yet, how to get them back? I've reinstalled Office and rebooted. -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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Thank you, that worked. However, is there a way I can enable the drawing
canvas without going to Insert-Picture-New Drawing, *then* putting in the flowchart stuff? Joe "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Connectors are available only when you are using a drawing canvas. If you have this option disabled, use Insert | Picture | New Drawing to get one. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP Standard. Windows XP Pro, SP2 I do the following to make a flowchart in Word. 1. Insert-Picture-Autoshapes-Flowchart 2. I did one, then the Autoshapes box popped up, so I did another one. However, then I wanted to join them together. I clicked on "connectors" in the auto shape box, but they're all grayed out. Anyone know why my connectors might be grayed out? Better yet, how to get them back? I've reinstalled Office and rebooted. -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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There is a check box on the General tab of Tools | Options, but if you
enable it, you will get a drawing canvas *every* time you insert an AutoShape (including text boxes). Once your canvas is created, though, I believe you can drag or copy/paste your existing AutoShapes into it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you, that worked. However, is there a way I can enable the drawing canvas without going to Insert-Picture-New Drawing, *then* putting in the flowchart stuff? Joe "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Connectors are available only when you are using a drawing canvas. If you have this option disabled, use Insert | Picture | New Drawing to get one. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP Standard. Windows XP Pro, SP2 I do the following to make a flowchart in Word. 1. Insert-Picture-Autoshapes-Flowchart 2. I did one, then the Autoshapes box popped up, so I did another one. However, then I wanted to join them together. I clicked on "connectors" in the auto shape box, but they're all grayed out. Anyone know why my connectors might be grayed out? Better yet, how to get them back? I've reinstalled Office and rebooted. -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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Thank you Suzanne.
-- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... There is a check box on the General tab of Tools | Options, but if you enable it, you will get a drawing canvas *every* time you insert an AutoShape (including text boxes). Once your canvas is created, though, I believe you can drag or copy/paste your existing AutoShapes into it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Thank you, that worked. However, is there a way I can enable the drawing canvas without going to Insert-Picture-New Drawing, *then* putting in the flowchart stuff? Joe "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Connectors are available only when you are using a drawing canvas. If you have this option disabled, use Insert | Picture | New Drawing to get one. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Joe Fisher" wrote in message ... Hi, I'm using Office XP Standard. Windows XP Pro, SP2 I do the following to make a flowchart in Word. 1. Insert-Picture-Autoshapes-Flowchart 2. I did one, then the Autoshapes box popped up, so I did another one. However, then I wanted to join them together. I clicked on "connectors" in the auto shape box, but they're all grayed out. Anyone know why my connectors might be grayed out? Better yet, how to get them back? I've reinstalled Office and rebooted. -- Joe Fisher Teacher, K-8 Marion, MT |
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