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Anchor points appear as small red diamonds.
When you move an object in a drawing, the connector line will snap to the nearest available anchor point. When you add an anchor point
to an object, it is not available as a snapping point for connector lines. However, you can set a property on the anchor point to make it
available as a snapping point.
You can set an object to repel right-angle, round right-angle, and B-spline connector lines. If the object is in a connector line route, the
connector line flows around it. If there is no route for the connector line to follow without intersecting the object, it flows through the
object. Straight-line and Bézier-curve connector lines cannot flow around objects.
You can add halos to connector lines. A halo is a mask behind the connector line that makes the line easier to see when it is on top of
another object. Usually, the halo is the same color as the page, although you can choose any color you like.
You can also convert connector lines to curves. When you convert a connector line to a curve, any attached text label changes to an artistic
text object.
To draw a straight connector line
1
Click the Connector tools button, and click the Straight-line connector tool .
2 Click where you want to start the line and drag to where you want to end the line.
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You can also
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Draw a right-angle connector line Click the Connector tools button, and click the Right-angle
connector tool or the Right-angle roundconnector tool .
Click where you want to start the line and drag to where you want
to end the line.
Draw a curved connector line Click the Connector tools button, and click the B-spline connector
tool or the Béziercurve connector tool . Click where you
want to start the line and drag to where you want to end the line.
To change the shape of the line, reposition the control points as
needed.