
Formatting connectors
Connectors are lines that join two shapes. Connectors always start
from a glue point on the shape. Refer to Chapter 5 (Creating Graphic
Objects) for a description of the usage of connectors.
Connector properties can be accessed and modified in two ways:
• Manual formatting: right-click on the connector line and select
Connector in the pop-up menu.
• Style-based formatting: select one of the available graphics styles
or create a new one.
Both methods open the Connector dialog box where you can set the
style of the connectors. Choose between Standard (the default), Line,
Straight, and Curved connector. Whenever multiple connectors
overlap, use the Line skew section of the dialog box to distance the
lines. It is possible to customize the distance between 4 different lines.
In the Line spacing section of the dialog box, set the horizontal and
vertical space between the connector and the object at each end of the
connector.
Figure 120: Setting up the connector properties
Working with graphics styles
To achieve consistency in the style across the slides of a presentation
(or a presentations portfolio), or simply to apply the same formatting to
a large number of objects, the best approach is to use graphics styles.
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