microsoft-visio-2007
Im trying to a block diagram with some blocks nested within a top level box, the lower level boxes need to have multiple connections between them but Visio's auto connection feature is hindering that, another problem is that the tool will only let me draw a line with no more then one right angle.
Is there a way to turn off the auto-connect feature?
Related (Same problem but with Visio 2010): How do I draw a line in Visio 2010 without the end points jumping around?
Found the "Universal Connector" which works great for me.
Firstly, with very tight shapes, the way to deal with this is to zoom in to the diagram. Use the zoom control in the bottom right (see pic below), or use press CTRL and scroll the wheel up (zoom in) or down (zoom out).
Zoom Control
To disable the snap effect, disable one or both Snap and Glue. This configuration is available from the View tab: click the the pop-out icon, then disable one or both Snap and Glue is the resulting dialog:
Snap & Glue dialog
Further reading: Adjust snap strength or turn snap off
Best Answer
Tools -> Options -> General -> Drawing WindowThere is a check box there called enable autoconnect. Uncheck it.With regard to the one right angle allowed, just change the connector style right clicking on the connector, and changing the style to curved.
Edit: If you are actually talking about lines, and would just like a visio 2007 way to do what the answer did in visio 2010, go to
Tool -> Snap and Glue -> General -> Currently Activeuncheck snap.