Glue to shape geometry in Visio 2013

I need to glue connectors to shape geometry and I don't get it to work in Visio 2013. They just glue to the whole shape.
Staffan Söderholm

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is you need to use connector to
glue
two “shape geometry”.
If I miss understanding something, please let me know.
I tested in my Visio 2013 and we could choose the shape connect points.
So I do not understand “They just glue to the whole shape.”
Please check the following picture:
Regrads,
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