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
    2018-01-12T05:46:04+00:00

    As a professional programmer I can tell you we do not intentionally include bugs that affect users "as a prank" (but we do sometimes include "easter eggs").

    We do not secretly or publicly laugh at users troubles. OK, sometimes we do, like when they do something surprising/unexpected. Lets face it, programmers and users do NOT think the same way, so sometimes/often they do things we simply did not imagine and find amazing.

    Why doesn't MS fix the problem.  Simple.

    $$$MONEY$ $ $

    MS uses their "telemetry" (aka spyware) to collect usage stats.  Since the problem has not been worked on, it is a safe guess that the numbers they have collected show that not enough users are affected by this problem to 'justify' the cost of fixing it ... it is simple economics, simple business, simply frustrating.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-14T07:13:08+00:00

    Here's the solution to this ongoing problem; 

    After you drew the line (and obviously you messed up with it), right click on it and go to "More Layout Options" and then click on "Size" tab. If you have a horizontal line, decrease the height to zero cm and if you have a vertical line decrease the width to zero. And, holaaaa your line is now straight as it should be!!!

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  3. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-02-14T10:27:14+00:00

    Note that the workaround you are suggesting has been offered several times since this thread was started in 2014.

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  4. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-02-14T15:29:13+00:00

    Including in the reply that is marked as the answer.

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