Objectives

This course offers an introduction to creating flowcharts with Visio.

Who should attend

Course Outline

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

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
Basic principles of Flow charting
Why draw a Flow chart?
Flowcharting Symbols
A Flowcharting example

CREATING FLOW CHARTS WITH VISIO

DIFFERENT STYLES OF FLOW CHARTS
Tips for Creating Flow Charts
An overview of Process Mapping

CREATING BACKGROUND PAGES
Using Background Pages for Flow Charts
Creating Stencils for Flow Charts

INTEGRATING VISIO
Taking Flow Charts into Word to integrate within documents
Taking Flow Charts into PowerPoint