Microsoft Visio 2000/2003/XP: Introduction for Beginners

Course Overview

You will learn the fundamental skills and create a directional map, a block diagram, a basic and a cross-functional flowchart, an organisation chart, and an office layout. As you create these drawings, you will learn skills to drag and manipulate Visio master shapes, create connections between shapes, and apply styles to shapes, text, and pages. You will generate an organisation chart from imported data and edit custom properties to store additional information in your diagrams. You will learn shortcuts to enhance your productivity and use unique tools designed for each type of drawing.

For those Microsoft students looking to improve their skills with Visio, this Microsoft training course would be a good start.

Related Courses

• Microsoft Visio 2000/2003/XP: Advanced (1 day)
• Microsoft Visio: Introduction for Beginners (1 day)
• Microsoft Visio 2003: Intermediate
• Microsoft Visio 2003: Intermediate

Audience

This course is designed for users who have little or no experience using Visio 2003 Professional, and who needs to learn the basic skills that are necessary in order to begin to use this program effectively

Prerequisites

• An appreciation of drawing applications and design concepts
• Use a mouse
• Type and use a keyboard
• Navigate through Windows files and folders
• Work with Windows - minimise, maximise, open and close

Course Outline

Delegates will learn how to

• Identify the various types of drawings you can create using Visio and navigate in a Visio document
• Drag shapes from Visio stencils and resize, rotate, align, and transform them
• Increase your productivity with smart features, such as numbering shapes automatically, duplicating shapes quickly, and grouping and aligning
• Create a flowchart or a cross-functional flowchart
• Create an organization chart manually or generate one from a text file
• Create an office floor plan to scale