Visio 2013 Default Line and Connector Styles

This question has been asked previously, but the answer is not sufficient. In the older versions of Visio, all you had to do was right-click and select the "set as default" option to set the default style for lines/connectors/shapes.
Where is this option for Visio 2013? No, I do not want to have to edit my custom template just to set a default style for lines/connectors/shapes. SETTING A DEFAULT SHOULD BE A BASIC FUNCTION.
Do I need to edit the themes? Because that option does not appear either. Do I need to create a custom theme? How does one do that?
Why should this be so difficult? It was a simple click-select before.

Hi,
According to my research, I tried to find the option “set as default”.
But I count find it both in Visio 2010 and Visio 2013.
I find that right-click each shapes>Add to my shapes>favorites.
So I think you can try to set default shapes to favorites.
Please check the following picture:
Now the mainstream software, including Office Flash Photoshop etc cancelled the option “set as default”.
They want users to customize their common tools or style.
Please refer to the following link:
http://superuser.com/questions/226521/how-can-i-change-the-default-properties-of-visios-connector-tool
I hope it's helps.

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OK so I found some more details online and decided to take the plunge (after a backup was taken) and my problem is now fixed. Although thank you to the 40 people that atleast looked at my query.
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When installing exchange 2013 it creates a default frontend receive connector, on the security tab anonymous user is also selected.
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