Controlling Connections with Glue
Glue is what keeps connectors attached to shapes. When a connector is glued to a shape, Visio 2007 displays the connector’s endpoints in red. By default, Visio 2007 can glue shapes to guides and 1-D shapes, and connectors to connection points. However, you can prevent Visio 2007 from connecting shapes with glue, and you can specify other points where Visio 2007 can glue shapes with the options in the Snap & Glue dialog box, as Figure 3-17 shows. For example, you can glue connectors to the edges of a shape.
Figure 3-17. Choose Tools, Snap & Glue to control the glue settings that Visio 2007 uses when you connect shapes.
Follow these steps to prevent Visio 2007 from connecting shapes with ...
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