Microsoft® Office Visio® 2007 Step by Step

Connecting Shapes

To AutoConnect shapes by dragging a shape onto the drawing page

• Drag a shape onto another shape on the drawing page, and when blue arrows appear around the shape on the drawing page, position the shape over one of the arrows.

To AutoConnect shapes by clicking a shape on a stencil

1. Click a shape on a stencil, and then position the pointer over a shape on the drawing page.

2. When blue arrows appear around the shape on the drawing page, click one of them.

To AutoConnect neighboring shapes on the drawing page

1. Pause the pointer over a shape on the drawing page, and when blue arrows appear around the shape, pause the pointer over the blue arrow closest to the neighboring shape to which you want to connect.

2. When the blue arrow turns dark blue, ...