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
    2016-10-27T13:42:21+00:00

    Since there is a simple workaround, it is unlikely that a fix will be released. You can always post in the Uservoice forum at http://word.uservoice.com or vote for an existing suggestion if you find one.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-10-27T11:04:04+00:00

    It is getting now close to 3 years from the original post... and not Bug fix from MS (But I am looking for a Bug fix for something that was already in Outlook 2000 and is still not fixed in 2013... so I am not not having high hopes)

    Anybody knows if this actually has been fixed in Office 2016?

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-08-29T03:46:54+00:00

    Genius!

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  4. Stefan Blom 352.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2016-08-19T22:45:43+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.

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