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However, my wife worked at a customer call center for some time and I can sympathize with the pressure corporations put on their customer service agents to check the box that they resolved someone's issue. When the response flagged as the 'solution' concludes with 'This doesn't solve the issue.' It's not really a solution. Microsoft Word For Mac Insert Shape And Don't Snap To Grid Excel

#Microsoft word for mac insert shape and don't snap to grid software#

Sometimes I think the MS software engineers never actually use Word to produce a document. Bottom line: what should be a two click operation (click on start point, click on end point, maybe hold shift to get a horizontal/vertical), becomes multiple mouse clicks to create and move the line and multiple interactions with the ribbon to adjust the height/width if you want to keep it vertical/horizontal. The only resort is to adjust the height/width of the line manually from the ribbon, and of course you're never quite sure which end it will change so this usually involves mutiple iterations while you adjust the width, move it, adjust the width a little more, move it. As far as I can tell, there's also no way keep a horizontal line horizontal while I'm doing it, since holding shift only seems to work when you first create the line. If I try to start the arrow over top the image where I want it, it always snaps to the connection points, even if I am holding ALT, and even if I start in the middle of the image nowhere near the connection points.

In other words, if I want to draw an arrow on top of a graph that's been pasted into a canvas as a jpg (I know, who would ever want to do that?) I have to draw the line outside the graph somewhere, then move it into the graph, then hold the ALT key while I resize the ends.

#Microsoft word for mac insert shape and don't snap to grid how to#

If you're coming from Windows, you can learn how to click, copy, close, and more in no time. Switching from Windows? Mac ease of use is legendary. Learn how to turn on your Mac, use the setup assistant, and check for software updates. Windows: Basic Differences macOS doesn’t have a Start menu (or screen), but instead uses a Dock that (by default) runs along the bottom edge of the screen. So here’s a guide to the basics of using a Mac for first-timers coming from Windows. There are a few different ways to accomplish this.

#Microsoft word for mac insert shape and don't snap to grid Pc#

Due to the absence of buttons on Apple's mouse and trackpad one of the most frequently asked questions by PC users is how to right click on a Mac. Right click Click the right corner of your Apple mouse, or click with two fingers on your Apple trackpad. Learn how to perform some common tasks on your new Mac. Further, the Alt key only seems to work for the end point of the connector. Even if I turn off all of the snap-to options, drawing an arrow, line, whatever still snaps to the connection points. I have experienced the same behavior he reported with the same frustration. What's the scoop? Sally, Curt addressed both the options discussed in the link: using the Alt key and turning off snap-to options. I see lots of chatter about this on the Internet but not much that's favorable. I clicked on 'Align Grid Settings' on the Format tab of Drawing Tools and unchecked 'Snap objects to other objects'.īut it still forces my lines to the connection points. I dont want to have to use the ALT key for every line.

So how do I turn off this snapping feature? Things I have tried. I want to draw a line between two boxes and have the ends where I want them - not at the connector points where Word wants to put them. I'm using Autoshapes in a canvas in Word 2007.