It’s probably more than you wanted to know about using arrows in Microsoft Word, but it’s always good to know what’s available. Yes, I am creating these lines within Word 2010 and when I uncheck Snap to grid, I can fine tune my line angle. 1. Further, the Alt key only seems to work for the end point of the connector. Get all Arrow symbols ↑ → ↓ ← ↝ ↺ and alt code for arrow symbol. Here’s mine:. I am using the "Directional Connector" from the Shapes list. Hold your mouse to draw a shape you selected, and drag its frame to adjust the size and direction of the arrow. Also, I made sure the "Snap to Point" property is unchecked for that shape. However, i want a perfectly vertical line. There are many different types of arrows with different directions, you can choose any one you like. Open the Word (or Excel) document. In other words, if I want to draw an arrow on top of a graph that's been pasted into a canvas as a jpg (I know, who would ever want to do that?) STEP THREE: With the green text box showing (as above…if your green text box isn’t showing, double click the text to get it), use the mouse to drag the plus sign+circlesymbol on the left side of the box (the blue arrow is pointing to it). You can copy and paste arrow symbols from the below list or use alt codes to insert up, down, left and right arrow text symbols in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. After drawing the connector arrow, you can grab the yellow handle to change the shape of the arrow. Table 7. And there you have it. Switch to Insert tab, click Shape button to expand the drop-down menu. Insert Arrow Shape. I'm trying to create curved arrows with a custom angle/curve. In other words: Shapes Square: Snap received Arrow: Snap sent Overlapping arrows: Screenshot taken Circle: Snap replayed Colors Red: Photo Snap Purple: Video Snap … Hello I'm attempting to create a diagram in Word 2003 using the Draw tools. snap.html#present:Username=jens&ProjectName=MediaComp&editMode (note: you can seriously speed up the examples in this project, especially for the high-res version of the photograph, by replacing brothertruffle880 asked on 2012-06-12. 2. Slowly drag it down to the top of the shape. Table of Visio shapes that map to Process Designer objects for Arrow shapes stencil; Visio Shape Designer Object; 45 degree double: Route: 45 degree single: Route: Fancy arrow: Route: 45 degree tail: Route: Flexi-arrow 1: Route: Flexi-arrow 3: Route: Basic Flowchart Shapes. 3. I have displayed the grid on screen and have checked the boxes 'snap to other objects' and 'snap to grid'. 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