When inserting Curve shape it doesn't insert the line width

Question

I'm  trying to insert a curve shape into a presentation but it is just drawing a blank box then when i click the format options the line width is left empty there is no value selected and when i select 0.25pt it fills the line in.

The problem is I can't see what I'm drawing

I can't see how I can change the default settings any help much appreciated!

Thanks

Answer 1

Are you working in a file first created in version 2003?

If so, this sounds like the still-unacknowledged still-unresolved bug where the Freeform, Scribble, and Curve, drawing tools draw invisible lines (no color / no thickness), and although the line colors can be changed, they cannot be set to a default – it won't set a default at any of those tools. It's a bug. I found it had to do with the accent assigned in the original color scheme does not transfer to the color theme in later versions, so those tools are left without a color assignment, hence invisible. The most assured way to fix it is to create a new presentation and copy it all over. There's several postings about this on the board with no resolve and no one was able to confirm it to be an officially known MS issue, so I'm not confident MS is even working on it.

Answer 2

Hi,

Does the curve draw in a new presentation?

In your existing presentation, draw a shape with the line settings you desired. Right-click on the shape and choose 'Set Default Shape'.

Now draw the curve again. Do you see it now?