Microsoft Visio 2007: Introduction and Intermediate

Course Overview

Our Microsoft Visio Introduction training course will give you a good working knowledge of Visio basics. You will feel more confident using Visio and be able to able to create a diagram or a chart. Understanding and using some of the built-in drawing and object manipulation functionality will enable you to progress to creating concise and clear diagrams and charts. Structures that you create will be easier to build, amend, read and will be professionally formatted.

You will feel more confident using Visio and be able to create technical layouts, work flow & fishbone diagrams and many more advanced diagram types. Understanding and using the built-in interoperability between your diagrams and data, such as the database wizard, will allow for much more complexity. Finally you will learn how to work with far more advanced custom shape designs.

This Microsoft training course will help you stay competitive, sharpen your skills and could enhance your Microsoft career prospects.

Related Courses

• Microsoft Visio 2007: Intermediate (1 day)
• Microsoft Visio 2007: Introduction for Beginners (1 day)
• Microsoft Visio 2007: Advanced
• Microsoft Visio 2007/2010: Advanced

Audience

Our Microsoft Visio introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Visio.

Course Outline

Getting Started

• The Visio Drawing Window
• Toolbars
• Overview of Templates, Stencils and Shapes
• Changing View Settings

Drawing Tools

• Creating New Drawings
• Drawing Closed Shapes
• Drawing Open Shapes
• Using the Freeform tool
• Drawing Compound Lines
• Finding Stencils and Shapes

Creating Basic Diagrams

• Selection Techniques
• Connecting Shapes
• Moving and Deleting Shapes
• Aligning Shapes
• Distributing Shapes
• Rotating Shapes
• Grouping Shapes

Formatting Shapes

• Shape formatting
• Adding Text to Shapes
• Formatting Text
• Duplicating Shapes
• Scaling and resizing Shapes
• Using Themes (2007 version only)

Working with Pages

• Inserting, Naming and Deleting Pages
• Page and Printer Setup
• Creating Background Pages
• Inserting Headers and Footers

Building Diagrams

• Creating Organisation Charts
• Adding Multiple Shapes
• Modifying Chart Layouts
• Creating a Flowchart
• Creating a Brainstorming Diagram
• Using the Brainstorming Outline Window

Creating Technical Layouts

• Understanding Layers
• Creating, Removing and Renaming Layers
• Setting Layer Properties
• Controlling Shape Placement
• Setting a Drawing Scale
• Working with Building Plan Layouts
• Drawing with Precision
• Using Perspective
• Working with Area Measurements

Exploring Advanced Diagrams

• Create work flow diagrams
• Create Fishbone (Cause and Effect) diagrams
• Use Calendars, Gantt and PERT charts
• Create easy-to-read maps and route directions

Diagramming and Data

• Adding Shape Data
• Creating Custom Properties
• Generating Property Reports
• Importing and Exporting Data
• Working with Data Sources

Advanced Custom Shape Design

• Creating New Shapes
• Revising Existing Shapes
• Locking and Protecting Shapes
• Creating Custom Stencils
• Adding Shapes to the Stencil
• Saving the Stencil