Converting straight line to neat curve (arc ) in Visio 2013

hi friends
i am new to visio .
i was watching a visio training video from youtube & i saw that the guy drew two straight lines & then when hover the mouse on these lines, at the middle of each line, a handle (connection point) ( if i don't mistake) was appeared & then the
guy simply click on the handle (point) & pull it out & so created a neat curve (arc).
but in visio 2013, when i draw two lines, i don't see any of those point on my lines so that i pull them out ( drag them) to create a neat curve.
has this ability removed in Visio 2013?
to clarify, i paste the screenshots from that video training:
look at the point which i have selected them with a red line around it. where are these in visio 2013 ?
i even selected all checkmarks in view menu , visual Aids, but again they don't appear on simple lines
visio converting straight line to curve

I use a inexpensive plug in to join open paths from dxf dwg files it is call Concatenate by Rick Johnson if the paths are not  connected this will do it for you.
Then you can go to Object>Path>Simplify
That will probably give you the result you need.

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