Connections tool to draft flow-charts is not visible in Word 2004

[Michael Klein]

I'd like to draft flow-charts in Word 2004 for Mac but I am missing the
connection tool which I was used to have in Word 2003 on my PC. Furthermore
I was not able to find the tool in Word (I found it in Powerpoint 2004 as
well as in Excel 2004!!) and to set it up. It is also astonishing that I
find the flow- chart elements but not their connections. So my question is:
Does Word 2004 simply not support the connection tool?

I have a PowerBook G4 running OS 10.4.5. My version of Word is 2004
for Mac, version 11.2. I installed Office for Mac when I was running
Panther and then upgraded the OS to Tiger.

Can anyone help me to find the connection tool and to set it up? I would
like to draft small flow-charts in Word 2004 because I don't want to open
Powerpoint 2004 each time to draft it and to do a "copy and paste".

Thank you in advance...Michael Klein

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Michael,

yes, you're right, the connectors are not available in Word. It has been
discussed here a number of times, and I think Microsoft simply forgot to put
them in there. I'm afraid you'll have to use PowerPoint for the time being.

Michel

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Michael:

Sorry: Connectors are available only in PowerPoint and Excel in Mac Office
2004.

As you surmise, it's the same drawing package in each application, but there
are some limitations to its activities in Word.

Hopefully next version...

Cheers

I'd like to draft flow-charts in Word 2004 for Mac but I am missing the
connection tool which I was used to have in Word 2003 on my PC. Furthermore
I was not able to find the tool in Word (I found it in Powerpoint 2004 as
well as in Excel 2004!!) and to set it up. It is also astonishing that I
find the flow- chart elements but not their connections. So my question is:
Does Word 2004 simply not support the connection tool?

I have a PowerBook G4 running OS 10.4.5. My version of Word is 2004
for Mac, version 11.2. I installed Office for Mac when I was running
Panther and then upgraded the OS to Tiger.

Can anyone help me to find the connection tool and to set it up? I would
like to draft small flow-charts in Word 2004 because I don't want to open
Powerpoint 2004 each time to draft it and to do a "copy and paste".

Thank you in advance...Michael Klein

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[Michael Klein]

Thank you!


Am 17.03.2006 10:45 Uhr schrieb "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word

Hi Michael:

Sorry: Connectors are available only in PowerPoint and Excel in Mac Office
2004.

As you surmise, it's the same drawing package in each application, but there
are some limitations to its activities in Word.

Hopefully next version...

Cheers

I'd like to draft flow-charts in Word 2004 for Mac but I am missing the
connection tool which I was used to have in Word 2003 on my PC. Furthermore
I was not able to find the tool in Word (I found it in Powerpoint 2004 as
well as in Excel 2004!!) and to set it up. It is also astonishing that I
find the flow- chart elements but not their connections. So my question is:
Does Word 2004 simply not support the connection tool?

I have a PowerBook G4 running OS 10.4.5. My version of Word is 2004
for Mac, version 11.2. I installed Office for Mac when I was running
Panther and then upgraded the OS to Tiger.

Can anyone help me to find the connection tool and to set it up? I would
like to draft small flow-charts in Word 2004 because I don't want to open
Powerpoint 2004 each time to draft it and to do a "copy and paste".

Thank you in advance...Michael Klein