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Using Glue
Similar to glue in real life, Visio glue makes things stick together. Visio glue comes in two varieties:
shape-to-shape and point-to-point.
Shape-to-shape glue, also known as dynamic glue, builds
dynamic connections between shapes. When you reposition shapes connected with shape-to-shape
glue, the end points of the connector move to the closest available connection points, as shown in
Figure 1-3.
Point-to-point glue, also known as static glue, keeps the connector end points glued to
the specific points you selected on the shapes, also illustrated in Figure 1-3. In addition, you can
combine dynamic and static glue, gluing a connector to a shape at one end and a specific point at
the other.
FIGURE 1-3
Dynamic glue draws the shortest connectors between two shapes.
By default, you can glue to entire shapes, connection points, or guides. You can change glue set-
tings to also glue to shape handles, shape vertices, or any point on a shape’s geometry. As you draw
a connector, a red box appears around a shape when you are connecting to that shape. If you are
connecting to a point, the connection point turns red.
Point-to-point glue always connects the points you select
Shape-to-shape glue draws the shortest connections
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