Background

To give delegates a good working knowledge of Visio for Windows

 

Who should attend

People with little or no working experience of Visio.  Understanding and working knowledge of other Windows applications is essential

 

Course Outline

Overview of Visio
Definitions
The screen layout
Stencils and drawings
Using stencils to create drawing
Working with multiple stencils
Saving, closing and opening files

Working with Shapes
Working with handles
Selecting objects
Working with objects
Attributes, aligning, distributing, rotating,
Flipping
Grouping Shape order

Working with Text
Adding text to shapes
Using the text tool
Free standing text
Text enhancements
Alignment, point size, colour
Tab settings
Bullets
Working with text independently from objects

Using the Freehand Drawing Tools
Creating new shapes
Protecting shapes
Shape behaviour

Connecting Shapes
Stencil connectors
Drawing connectors
Connecting with 1D shapes
Using dynamic glue
Adding, deleting and moving connector points
Working with connector points

Visio Pages
The page views
Adding pages
Background pages
Page Orientation (portrait, landscape)
Printing drawings

Using Visio to Create Charts
Creating charts
Organisation charts
Flow charts

Integrating Visio
Taking drawings into Word
Taking drawings into PowerPoint