Drawing simple shapes, like lines, has gotten harder in Word 2007

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There is precious little said online about how the new connector "line" and
"elbow line" tools are supposed to work, or why they behave in unexpected
manners, on a drawing canvas. I have played with them extensively enough to
have come to the conclusion that some update to correct their many bugs is in
order.

The (connector) "line" and "elbow line" tools go haywire trying to connect
to things I don't want them to, every time; the elbow line takes all kinds of
crooked shapes, shooting off the drawing canvas, ... making you give up
trying to use it! When I am lucky enough to fix its shape by dragging the
handles on the line segments, the next time I attach another connector
anywhere on that canvas, the adjustments I made get completely undone,
springing back to the singular way in which Word pleases to route my lines: a
crooked way!

So now, I am finally resigned to never using connector lines (though it
would certainly be helpful if they worked as they're supposed to) and to
using only the "freeform" shape tool to draw even the simplest straight line.

If anyone knows of a solution to this, like a software-fix update, let me
know.

Thanks.