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Connect shapes manually

Connect shapes manually

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Connect shapes manually

- [Narrator] When adding shapes from other shapes, they automatically get connected. That's why they're called smart shapes. There are going to be times, though, when you add shapes that aren't connected and you'll need to do it manually. We're going to complete the shapes on our diagram here, by going to some of the smart shapes like this decision shape down below, the second one from the top. And go to the right arrow and add another process. When we select it you can see it's automatically connected. But we do want to connect this back to the decision eventually. Let's add from the same decision shape, down below. We'll go to the arrow down below and add another process. And we'll move that, going into the center so it's lined up and spaced properly with the one on the left. Just click and drag it, you can see everything stays connected nicely. Now, from here we want another decision. And when we go over here to this shape and hover over the arrow, to choose a decision…

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