Add control points to straight elbow connector?
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From: Bongo on 13 May 2008 04:24 Hello I have three boxes along a horizontal line and need to have an arrow going from the right side of box 1 to the left side of box 3--preferably not going straight through box 2! Is there any way to get control points to show up on the elbow connector? The elbow (or curve) connector degenerates to a straight line with no control points when i connect the two boxes. Any ideas? Tx in advance. Bongo
From: John Wilson john AT technologytrish.co DOT on 13 May 2008 05:01 You will need to state which version of PPT you use. This works quite differently in 2007 and other versions -- ------------------------------------------- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "Bongo" wrote: > Hello > > I have three boxes along a horizontal line and need to have an arrow going > from the right side of box 1 to the left side of box 3--preferably not going > straight through box 2! Is there any way to get control points to show up on > the elbow connector? > > The elbow (or curve) connector degenerates to a straight line with no > control points when i connect the two boxes. > > Any ideas? > > Tx in advance. > Bongo >
From: Bongo on 13 May 2008 05:21 Sadly, 2003 (11.8169.8202) SP 3. Worth switching? "John Wilson" wrote: > You will need to state which version of PPT you use. This works quite > differently in 2007 and other versions > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials > > http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk > http://www.technologytrish.co.uk > email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > > > "Bongo" wrote: > > > Hello > > > > I have three boxes along a horizontal line and need to have an arrow going > > from the right side of box 1 to the left side of box 3--preferably not going > > straight through box 2! Is there any way to get control points to show up on > > the elbow connector? > > > > The elbow (or curve) connector degenerates to a straight line with no > > control points when i connect the two boxes. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Tx in advance. > > Bongo > >
From: John Wilson john AT technologytrish.co DOT on 13 May 2008 05:36 Just tried in 2007. I thought that the freeform tool would connect up with the shapes but it didn't! The only way I can see (works in 2003 too) is to have three sets of connectors joined up by a further invisible shape (no line / fill) I can see that this isn't easy to imagine so I have uploaded a demo (leaving the extra shape visible) http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/connect3.zip -- ------------------------------------------- Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk "Bongo" wrote: > Sadly, 2003 (11.8169.8202) SP 3. Worth switching? > > "John Wilson" wrote: > > > You will need to state which version of PPT you use. This works quite > > differently in 2007 and other versions > > -- > > ------------------------------------------- > > Amazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials > > > > http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk > > http://www.technologytrish.co.uk > > email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > > > > > > "Bongo" wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > > > > I have three boxes along a horizontal line and need to have an arrow going > > > from the right side of box 1 to the left side of box 3--preferably not going > > > straight through box 2! Is there any way to get control points to show up on > > > the elbow connector? > > > > > > The elbow (or curve) connector degenerates to a straight line with no > > > control points when i connect the two boxes. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Tx in advance. > > > Bongo > > >
From: Shyam Pillai on 15 May 2008 11:31
Right-click on the connector and chose the connector type as Elbow. Regards, Shyam Pillai Image Importer Wizard http://skp.mvps.org/iiw.htm "Bongo" <Bongo(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DACF2ED1-9C9E-4AA8-95A4-CA31F78C2685(a)microsoft.com... > Hello > > I have three boxes along a horizontal line and need to have an arrow going > from the right side of box 1 to the left side of box 3--preferably not > going > straight through box 2! Is there any way to get control points to show up > on > the elbow connector? > > The elbow (or curve) connector degenerates to a straight line with no > control points when i connect the two boxes. > > Any ideas? > > Tx in advance. > Bongo > |