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
    2015-03-09T04:15:07+00:00

    This is only one of many problems with the draw functions in Word 2013.  The entire draw utility is a disaster. Word 2003 was quite good even though it had a few problems. It is astonishing that Microsoft would put such a defect-ridden product on the market, and charge money for it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-04-11T16:04:26+00:00

    This is a nice workaround but it's so irritating to have to do. Time to open a support case. If enough people open a support case then maybe this will get an official fix.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-04-11T20:26:41+00:00

    Time to open a support case. If enough people open a support case then maybe this will get an official fix.

    Correct in theory, but it will not likely work in the "real world" unless some really HUGE corporate customer makes an official complaint.  There are dozens (hundreds?) of complaints with long histories the MS simply has ignored for years because it did not make financial sense (?) for them to invest a little money to make the fixes.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-04-22T14:08:12+00:00

    This is easy to recreate, but can be solved by setting the height or width to zero in the ribbon. can you explain this . some like me don't know what are you talking about 

    some said it is working for them so please explain this in simple steps

    regarsds

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