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 Workspace Elements
Overview of Toolbars
Overview of Template Categories
New, Open, Save and Close Files
Use Help
Set File Properties
Use the View Menu
Zoom a Drawing
Use the Pan and Zoom Window
View Rulers
Create Guides
Snap and Glue to Grids and Guides
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 Colour Schemes
Work with Text
Use the Text Box and Text Block Tools
Add Text to Shapes
Format Text
Use the Text Ruler
Work with Pages
Add and Remove Pages
Page Set Up Options
Doing More with Shapes
Add Shape Screen Tips
Group, Layer, Rotate and Flip Shapes
Ungroup Clipart
Align and Distribute Shapes
Use the Action Toolbar
Use Snap and Glue
Use the Size and Position Window
Work with Connectors
Create Dynamic Connectors
Create Static Connectors
Automatically Connect Shapes
Format Connectors
Add, Move and Delete Connection Points
Configure and Re-Layout Layouts
Use the Layout and Routing Toolbar
Use the Snap and Glue Toolbar
Print A Drawing
Create Headers and Footers
Use Print Preview and Set Print Options
Create Complex Shapes
Use Shape Operation Commands
Use the Drawing Toolbar
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 Shape Behaviors
Protect Shapes
Use the SmartShape Wizard
Change Shape Behaviours
Automatically Number Shapes
Manually Number Shapes
Use the Drawing Explorer
Work with Background Pages and Fields
Create, Edit and Assign Background Pages
Use Background Shapes
Insert Fields
Work with Layers
Create, Rename and Remove Layers
Show and Hide Layers
Activate a Layer
Preserve Group Member Properties
Colour and Lock Layers
Set Layer Properties
Assign Shapes to a Layer
Work with Templates and Styles
Create and Modify Templates
Create, Modify and Apply Styles
Protect Drawings
Work with Organizational Charts
Create Headers and Footers
Use the Org Chart Wizard
Manually Create an Org Chart
Use Custom Properties to Store Data
Create Custom Properties
Insert Employee Photos
Add Multiple Shapes
Synchronize Large Org Charts
Compare Information in Organization Charts
Create and Use Custom Properties and Hyperlinks
Add, Modify and Delete Custom Properties
Use the Property Report Wizard
Update a Property Report
Link and Embed Objects
Add, Edit and Remove Hyperlinks
Link to an External Data Source
Use the Database Wizard
Create HTML Documents
Work with Shapesheets
Understand the ShapeSheet Window
Change ShapeSheet Properties
Print a ShapeSheet
Customize Visio
Customize Options
Customize Toolbars