Microsoft Visio: Introduction for Beginners (1 day)

Course Overview

Visio Standard provides diagramming solutions that help business professionals visualize and share information about the people, projects, and processes they work with every day.

This course is intended to familiarise the delegate with the basic skills required to create and manage drawings in Visio. Visio lets you create business and technical diagrams that help you visualise complex systems, sharpen communication and transform business processes. Typically users will want to create floor plans, business diagram flow charts, organisation charts and maps.

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Related Courses

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

Audience

New users and improvers wishing to increase their knowledge of Visio.

Skills Gained

By the end of the course the delegate will be able to:

• Use stencils to create drawings
• Manage shapes
• Add and manipulate text
• Connect shapes to create complex flowcharts, maps, network diagrams and more
• Set up and print documents
• Create and manage organisation charts
• Create and manage floor plan diagrams

Prerequisites

Prior use of Visio is not a requirement although familiarity with the use of Windows software is essential.

Course Outline

Overview of Visio

The Screen Layout

Drawing

• Using the tools
• Using stencils to create drawings
• Precision drawing
• Selection techniques (inc. grouping)
• Object attributes, alignment and distribution, flipping, grouping
• Using the Freehand Drawing Tools

Working with Text

• Using the text tool, text enhancements
• Alignment, point size, colour, tab settings

Connector Lines

• Stencil connectors, drawing connectors
• Adding and deleting connector points

Creating a Basic Flow Diagram

• Flowcharting Tips
• Understanding Master Shapes
• Placing and Connecting Shapes
• Creating a Universal Connector
• Enhancing Drawing Elements
• Formatting Shape Fills and Lines
• Creating a Workspace File
• Replacing Shapes

Pages

• Background and Foreground
• Multiple Page drawings
• Page Size, Orientation, Drawing Size and Scale

Using drawings in other Windows applications

Custom Features

• Creating Custom stencils
• Creating a Custom Master Shape

Adding the Shapes

Organisation Charts

Floor/Building plans