Types of Connectors in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

If you want to use a line that links two shapes together, you may then want that line to be always linked, even if we move the original shapes. This sort of linking is called connecting shapes. And to keep these shapes connected, you most certainly will start by drawing a connector instead of a normal line. A connector looks like a line, but it stays connected to the shapes you attach it to. There are three types of connectors in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows, as in any earlier versions of PowerPoint: Straight, Elbow (angled), and Curved.

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Straight Connectors

These are straight lines that connect one shape to another, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Straight connector, connecting two shapes

Straight connectors can have arrowheads on one or both ends. You thus end up with three variants of straight connectors, that you can choose from the Shapes gallery, as shown in Figure 2:

1. Straight connector with no arrowheads, or
2. Straight connector with an arrowhead on any one end, or
3. Straight connector with arrowheads on both ends
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   Figure 2: Straight connector variants found within the Shapes gallery

Elbow Connectors

These are segmented (branched) lines that connect one shape to another, as shown in Figure 3.