Microsoft Visio
Course Overview:
Prerequisites
Delegates should have a good level of PC and windows skills, and a basic knowledge of MS Office. No existing knowledge of MS Visio is required
Course Objectives
This course is ideal for people who want to learn how to design diagrams, organization charts, office layouts or website maps using Microsoft Visio. During the course you will be taught how to use the basic tools and techniques available in Visio so that you can create detailed, business focused diagrams.
This course is also for end users who wish to improve on their existing Visio skills and learn the more advanced features to make creating professional diagrams quicker and easier. Day 2 of this course, goes more in-depth into the knowledge of the drawing tools and layouts available in Visio. By the end of this course you will have a detailed understanding of this diagramming program
Course Duration
2 Day Classroom Training or Online
Getting Started
• Overview of Visio
• The Interface
• Creating Files
• Changing Views
• Navigating Pages
• Manipulating Stencils
• Selection Techniques
• Scaling/Resizing
Basic Techniques
• Drawing Shapes
• Reshaping
• Drawing Lines
• Drawing with Precision
• Size & Positioning
• Duplicating Objects
• Aligning/Distributing
• Connected Drawings
• Rotating Objects
• Changing the Stacking Order of Shapes
Flow Diagrams
• Connecting Shapes
• Understanding Connectors and Glue
• Adding Text to Shapes
• Creating Text only Shapes
• Modifying a Text Block
• Formatting Text
• Copy and Pasting Shapes
• Formatting Shapes
• Dynamic Shapes
Graphics
• Importing Graphics
• Manipulating Graphics
• Creating Stencils
Printing Drawings
• Using Print Preview
• Using Page Setup
• Creating Headers and Footers
• Printing a Drawing
• Copying a Drawing to another Application
Styles
• Applying Styles
• Working with Templates
Stencils and Master Documents
• Creating a Stencil
• Creating a Master Document
Protecting Shapes and Documents
• Changing Shape Behaviour
• Automatic Layouts
• Working with Shapes
• Using Combine
• Using Subtract
• Using Intersect
• Using the Fragment
Background Pages
• Creating a Background Page
• Assigning a Background Page
Working with Layers
• Understanding Layers
• Working with Layers
• Assigning a Shape to Layers
Pictures and Objects
• Inserting a Picture
• Embedding an Object
• Linking Objects
Inserting Fields
• Working with Shape Objects
• Changing Shape Properties
• Working with Hyperlinks
