Microsoft Visio:

Objectives: This course has been designed to give delegates a solid understanding of the Visio environment. It covers using drawing tools and creating/formatting basic diagrams, drawings, flowcharts and organisation charts.

Course Outline
Microsoft Visio 1 Day

Overview of Visio:

• Starting Visio
• The Visio Interface
• Visio navigation
• Menus & Wizards

File Operations:

• Different types of Visio Document
• Saving & Closing Drawings
• Opening Drawings
• Finding Files

Working with Shapes:

• Placing & Resizing Shapes
• Moving & Copying Shapes
• Using the Stamp Tool
• Changing the Stacking Order
• Multiple Shapes & Grouping Shapes
• Arranging & Distributing Shapes

Working with Stencils & Text:

• Docked & Floating Stencils
• Connecting Shapes
• Adding & Editing Text
• Zooming & Panning

Styles:

• Applying & Creating Styles & Themes

Process Diagrams:

• AutoConnect & the AutoConnect Tool
• The Connection Point tool
• Using Backgrounds & Themes
• Cross-Functional Flow Charts

Organisation Charts

• Organisation Charts

Multiple Page Diagrams:

• Inserting & Deleting Pages
• Renaming & Reordering Pages
• Linking Shapes
• Background Pages

Layers:

• Creating new Layers
• Display, Hiding & Locking Layers
• Placing Shapes on Layers
• Printing Layers

Finishing a Diagram:

• Spell Checking a Page
• Inserting Fields
• Using Print Preview
• Printing a Diagram
• Printing large Drawings

Sharing Diagrams with other Applications:

• Copying data to another Applications
• Inserting a Picture
• Inserting a Field
• Using Hyperlinks
• Using the ‘Insert, Object’ dialog box
• ‘DDE’ versus ‘OLE’

Customising Visio:

• Editing Stencils & the Master Shape
• Creating & Editing Templates
• Adding & Editing Toolbars
• Customising the Grid
• Customising the Snap-To Option

Method:

Trainer-led course with hands-on experience.