Attach Line Text For Free

Connect text boxesClick Home > Draw Text Box, and drag the cross shaped cursor to draw a box where you want text.Click in the text box you want as the first text box in the story.On the Text Box Tools Format tab, in the Linking group, click Create Link.Click in the text box you want as the next in the story.More items...

To begin with, open your file in Word and select all lines you want to merge, as bellowed. Then click Replace under the Home tab. In the popup Find and Replace dialog box, under the Find tab, input ^p in the Find What field.

Select a shape or connector. Select Home > Text. Make your changes....Select Insert > Text Box.Select either Draw Horizontal Text Box or Vertical Text Box.Select the place on the drawing page where you want to add the text.Type in the text.Select a blank area of the drawing page.

Format a connector Select Home > More. Select a connector. From the Quick Styles menu, select Line and then format what you want: Select Color and choose a color for your line.

On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Connector Lines tab. On the Options dialog box - Connector Lines tab, click On the line under Default Line Style....Click the connector line.Type the text you want.Press the Esc key, or click where there is not an object.

Merge shapesSelect the shapes you want to merge: press and hold the Shift key while you select each shape in turn.On the Drawing Tools Format tab, in the Insert Shapes group, select Merge Shapes, and then pick the option you want.

Adding Connector ArrowsClick the Insert tab.Click the Shapes dropdown.Click the desired line type from the gallery.Move your mouse near Shape 1 and little dots denoting connection points will appear on its border.Click on one of the dots and, while holding the left mouse button down, move the mouse over to Shape 2.More items...