How can I stop Visio from repositioning and adding connectors when I move an Organization object close to another one (e.g., Staff next to Staff)"

T Wells 101 Reputation points
2021-06-23T18:51:57.443+00:00

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Visio Management
Visio: A family of Microsoft products used to create diagrams and vector graphics.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
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  1. T Wells 101 Reputation points
    2021-06-29T13:16:08.29+00:00

    Excellent. Thank you.

    I am using Visio Professional 2016. Rather than give any more time to this, I have decided to avoid the template and just start from scratch. But thank you again for the help and information.

    Tom

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  1. Parker Smart 10 Reputation points
    2023-01-19T23:28:42.71+00:00

    Go to File->Options (the Options tab is at the bottom left of the File Menu).

    Select the Advanced tab and uncheck the "Enable connector splitting" and "Enable AutoConnect".

    Now you will be able to move shapes freely without any of the connections splitting.

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  2. Viki Ji_MSFT 4,421 Reputation points
    2021-06-24T07:09:12.44+00:00

    @T Wells ,

    Welcome to Q&A forum!

    1. Please back up the Visio file first, then open it.
    2. Go to File>Options to clear the Enable AutoConnect checkbox. For more information, you could refer to Add connectors between Visio shapes.
    3. Then go to View, click on dialog launcher of Visual Aids.
    4. On the General tab, clear the Snap and Glue checkboxes.
    5. Close and re-open the file to check this issue.

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    Besides, here are two official articles may could be helpful to you.
    Glue or unglue connectors
    Align and position shapes in a diagram

    Any updates, please let me know.

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  3. J Templar 0 Reputation points
    2023-10-16T01:07:07.79+00:00

    I know this is an old one, but I came across the same issue where the above workarounds did not work for the Org Chart, I found the chart has additional options for minimum spacing between elements under the Org Chart ribbon item, click the more options Arrange box, under Change Spacing, click Custom, then Values.

    Even disabling Snap/Glue/Connector Splitting/Move other shapes away on drop/Auto Connect - whenever Org shapes got to close, they would auto connect and push the shapes away. General spacing does not reflect for the objects, needs to be done under the Org Chart ribbon.

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