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. Anonymous
    2016-04-12T21:49:36+00:00

    Not true, the arrow just shrinks to nothing. The answer does not work

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-04-12T23:36:13+00:00

    If you want a Vertical arrow, set the Width to 0; If you want a Horizontal one, set the Height to 0.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-21T02:39:51+00:00

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

    Sorry, can you explain "in the ribbon". I am not sure that I'm looking at the right thing as I cannot see a height setting. See attached image.

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  4. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-06-21T02:56:53+00:00

    On the Drawing Tools>Format tab of the ribbon

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