[Uburex]

I use arrows and auto-shapes lots as I draw diagrams in word (XP). But
recently, for no reason I can fathom, some (but not all) of the drawing
commands don't work. This particularly seems to affect arrows; I can draw
text boxes and ovals but I can't draw either simple arrows or the arrows in
auto shape, although I can draw other auto-shapes such as callouts. Does
anybody know what is going on? I can copy and paste arrows from other
documents - but that is hardly a solution. Does anybody have any ideas?

[Uburex]

Sometimes my own stupidity amazes me. The reason that I wasn't getting arrows
was because I was right clicking rather than left clicking when drawing. I
apologise if anyone has wasted time worrying about this.

"Uburex" wrote:

I use arrows and auto-shapes lots as I draw diagrams in word (XP). But
recently, for no reason I can fathom, some (but not all) of the drawing
commands don't work. This particularly seems to affect arrows; I can draw
text boxes and ovals but I can't draw either simple arrows or the arrows in
auto shape, although I can draw other auto-shapes such as callouts. Does
anybody know what is going on? I can copy and paste arrows from other
documents - but that is hardly a solution. Does anybody have any ideas?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Since no one answered, I guess no one wasted too much time on it!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Uburex" wrote in message
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Sometimes my own stupidity amazes me. The reason that I wasn't getting
arrows
was because I was right clicking rather than left clicking when drawing. I
apologise if anyone has wasted time worrying about this.

"Uburex" wrote:

I use arrows and auto-shapes lots as I draw diagrams in word (XP). But
recently, for no reason I can fathom, some (but not all) of the drawing
commands don't work. This particularly seems to affect arrows; I can draw
text boxes and ovals but I can't draw either simple arrows or the arrows
in
auto shape, although I can draw other auto-shapes such as callouts. Does
anybody know what is going on? I can copy and paste arrows from other
documents - but that is hardly a solution. Does anybody have any ideas?

[Gordon Bentley-Mix]

WHEW! I was up half the night trying to work this one out! ;-P
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Cheers!

Gordon Bentley-Mix
Word MVP

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"Uburex" wrote:

Sometimes my own stupidity amazes me. The reason that I wasn't getting arrows
was because I was right clicking rather than left clicking when drawing. I
apologise if anyone has wasted time worrying about this.

"Uburex" wrote:

I use arrows and auto-shapes lots as I draw diagrams in word (XP). But
recently, for no reason I can fathom, some (but not all) of the drawing
commands don't work. This particularly seems to affect arrows; I can draw
text boxes and ovals but I can't draw either simple arrows or the arrows in
auto shape, although I can draw other auto-shapes such as callouts. Does
anybody know what is going on? I can copy and paste arrows from other
documents - but that is hardly a solution. Does anybody have any ideas?