why cant i draw a straight line or arrow in word 2013?

Anonymous
2014-01-04T08:05:17+00:00

hi

in word 2013 when I want to draw an arrow or a line it cant be straight in 180 degree in page and it is always a bit curve to up or down for example draw a rectangle and on its border line draw an arrow ( the arrow must be exactly on rectangle border line ) and you will see that the arrow is curve and is not on rectangle border.

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Anonymous
2014-03-21T15:41:48+00:00

This is easy to recreate, but can be solved by setting the height or width to zero in the ribbon.

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  1. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-04-20T15:01:03+00:00

    The workaround is in the post marked as Answer, that is, the post by Tony Jollans.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-04-20T14:47:07+00:00

    Stefan's answer doesn't mention what's the "simple workaround". Tony Jollans' answer is an acceptable workaround, if that's what he meant then he should mention it explicitly (and/or quote him).

    However, this also means that the bug isn't fixed in Word 2016 (as I said), and workaround needs to be used.

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-04-20T14:45:53+00:00

    Note that the original post in this thread discusses a concrete bug with Line shapes in Word 2013 which probably won't be fixed. On the other hand, there is a simple workaround available.

    You can post feedback on Microsoft Word in the Uservoice forum at http://word.uservoice.com.

    You don't mention what's the "simple workaround". Tony Jollans' answer is an acceptable workaround, if that's what you meant then you should mention it explicitly (and/or quote him).

    However, this also means that the bug isn't fixed in Word 2016, and workaround needs to be used.

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  4. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2017-04-20T12:04:48+00:00

    Lihat jawaban oleh Stefan Blom, tanggal Octobre 27, 2016

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