Controlling Connections with Glue

Glue is what keeps connectors attached to shapes. When a connector is glued to a shape, Visio displays the connector’s endpoints in red. By default, Visio can glue shapes to guides and 1-D shapes and connectors to connection points. However, you can prevent Visio from connecting shapes with glue, and you can specify other points where Visio can glue shapes, with the options in the Snap & Glue dialog box, as Figure 3-17 shows. For example, you can also glue connectors to the edges of a shape.

Choose Tools, Snap & Glue to control the glue settings that Visio uses when you connect shapes.

Figure 3-17. Choose Tools, Snap & Glue to control the glue settings that Visio uses when you connect shapes.

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