Course Description
Learn how to quickly and easily integrate structured business graphics into documents and presentations to help communicate ideas in a much more effective and compelling way.
Students will learn advanced shape properties and interactions, create custom shapes and stencils, use styles, connect to external data sources, and set custom properties and behaviours.
Agenda
Explore the Visio Interface
Overview of Template Categories
New, Open, Save and Close Files
Backstage View
Ribbon Overview
Show/Hide Ribbons
Mini Toolbar
Status Bar
Use Help
Set File Properties
Use the View Ribbon
Zoom a Drawing
Use the Pan and Zoom Window
Create Guides
Use Dynamic Grid
Create A Basic Drawing
Add Shapes to a Drawing
Open, Close and Float Stencils
Change Stencil Views and Options
Select Shapes Methods
Resize and Move Shapes
Format Shapes
Use and Modify Themes and Theme Effects
Work with Text
Use the Text Box and Text Block Tools
Add Text to Shapes
Format Text
Work with Pages
Add and Remove Pages
Page Set Up Options
Add Backgrounds, Borders and Titles
Doing More with Shapes
Add Shape Screen Tips
Auto Align and Space
Position Shapes Options
Change the Stacking Order of Shapes
Ungroup Clipart
Use the Size and Position Window
Work with Connectors
Create and Format Dynamic and Static Connectors
Automatically Connect Shapes
Add, Move and Delete Connection Points
Configure and Re-Layout Layouts
Print A Drawing
Use Print Preview and Set Print Options
Create Headers and Footer
Explore the User Interface (If Required for Upgrade Students)
Backstage View
Ribbon Overview
Mini Toolbar
Status Bar
Shortcut Key Tips
Contextual Tabs
Create Complex Shapes
Draw Shapes
Add Containers
Add Callouts
Use the Drawing Tool Shapes Stencil
Work with Stencils and Master Shapes
Create and Edit a Stencil
Modify Master Shape Properties
Edit a Master Shape
Use the Document Stencil
Work with Layers
Create, Rename and Remove Layers
Show and Hide Layers
Activate a Layer
Colour and Lock Layers
Set Layer Properties
Assign Shapes to a Layer
WORK WITH SHAPES and GRAPHICS
Define Shape Data
Shape Data Window
Automatically Number Shapes
Manually Number Shapes
Insert Fields
Create and Modify Charts
Work with Organizational Charts
Manually Create an Org Chart
Use the Org Chart Wizard
Use Custom Properties to Store Data
Create Custom Properties
Insert Employee Photos
Add Multiple Shapes
Synchronize Large Org Charts
Compare Information in Organization Charts
Work with Business Process Diagrams
Create a New Subprocess
Create a Subprocess from a Selection
Work with Links and Data
Link to Existing Subprocess
Link and Embed Objects
Add, Edit and Remove Hyperlinks
Link to an External Data Source
Use the External Data Window
Link Data to Shapes
Automatically Link Data to Shapes
Refresh Data
Create and Use Data Graphics
Insert Legends
Finalizing the Diagram
Check Diagram
View the Issues Window
Use the Info Panel
Customize Visio
Other Visio Add Ons
Set Visio Options