Auto layout is an auto outline disaster
 

I am trying to create an outline in box style thats organized into a regular tree fashion. Whats happening is items on lower tiers are being pushed away from their category, either to the left or right, causing complete disarray because the connecting lines overlap and you can no longer tell what items belong under what categories. Confusing I know but I attached an example to demonstrate the issue, I had to manually move the connecting lines to differentiate. If anyone has a solution for this please help me out.

thanks,
bob