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prevent connector routing when elements placed on top of them in MS Visio 2007

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Is there any chance to prevent MS Visio (preferably 2010) connectors from routing when a text block is placed on top of it? I want to achieve the effect as if the text block is on the upper layer, above the shapes and connectors, but that the layers are completely separate (not affecting each other…

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Fix for: prevent connector routing when elements placed on top of them in MS Visio 2007

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Sounds like you need to change connector re-routing. I think the option you want is "Never re-route". Firstly (if you haven't already) you need the Developer tab. Go to and turn on"Developer" in the list of tabs. Now select the shape you want and in…

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