Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Inside Out

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 glue:

1. Choose Tools, Snap & Glue.

2. Under Currently Active, clear the Glue check box.

3. Click OK.

Follow these steps to specify where Visio 2007 can glue shapes:

1. Choose Tools, Snap & Glue.

2. Under Glue To, select the options you want from among the following:

   • Shape Geometry Select this check box to glue 1-D shapes to any point on a shape's edge.

   • Guides Select this check box to glue 1-D and 2-D shapes to guides.

   • Shape Handles Select this check box to glue 1-D shapes to the selection handles on another shape.

   • Shape Vertices Select this check box to glue 1-D shapes to the vertices on another shape.

   • Connection Points Select this check box to glue 1-D shapes to the connection point on another shape.