Microsoft Visio Level 1
(1 day - £245, plus VAT)

Prerequisites

No prior experience of Visio is assumed, just a working knowledge of the Windows operating system and the ability to use a mouse and keyboard.

Course Goals

Delegates on this one day course will be shown how to use Microsoft Visio to create a variety of different diagrams and drawings including organizational charts and flowcharts. It provides a good basic familiarity with the program interface, showing them how to use the drawing tools to create shapes, how to manipulate shapes and assign them attributes.

Course Outline

First steps

Starting Visio
Using stencils
Using toolbars
Using the shape explorer
Closing Visio

Visio basics

Opening a file
Moving between pages in a drawing
Adding, reordering, and deleting pages
Saving a visio file
Closing a visio file
Using print preview
Using page setup
Printing a drawing

Drawing

Starting a drawing
Adding master shapes to a drawing
Selecting shapes
Zooming in and out in the drawing
Understanding shapes components

Connecting shapes

Using connectors
Connecting shapes automatically
Manipulating connectors
Using the connector tool
Using control handles
Adding connection points

Working with text

Adding text to shapes
Creating text-only shapes
Editing existing text
Modifying a text block
Formatting text

Working with shapes

Using the drawing tools
Resizing shapes
Formatting shapes
Moving shapes
Copying shapes

Manipulating shapes

Rotating shapes
Aligning shapes
Distributing shapes
Creating and using guides

Altering shapes

Changing the stacking order of shapes
Grouping and ungrouping shapes
Changing double-click behaviour

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Microsoft Visio Level 2
(1 day - £245, plus VAT)

Prerequisites

Delegates should have attended the Introduction course or be experienced users of all the basic Visio tools and features.

Course Goals

Our Advanced Visio course shows users with some experience how to use more sophisticated features such as styles, templates, stencils, master shapes and background pages. Delegates will also learn to add images to a diagram, work with layers and be shown the various commands for merging shapes as well as working with shapesheets and hyperlinks.

Course Outline

Styles

Creating and modifying styles
Applying styles
Creating a template

Stencils and master shapes

Creating a stencil
Creating a master shape
Using the master drawing window
Protecting shapes and documents
Changing shape behaviour
Using automatic layout

Merging shapes

Using the union command
Using the subtract command
Using the fragment command
Using the combine command
Using the intersect command

Using background pages

Creating a background page
Assigning a background page
Displaying and modifying background and foreground pages

Working with layers

Understanding layers
Creating a layer
Assigning a shape to a layer
Displaying individual layers
Setting layer properties
Removing a layer

Pictures and objects

Inserting a picture
Inserting fields
Embedding an object
Linking an object

Working with shapesheets

Understanding the shapesheet
Changing shapesheet properties
Using the smartshape wizard

Using special features

Viewing a shape's custom properties
Adding a custom property to a shape
Using the property report wizard
Working with hyperlinks
Adding a hyperlink
Using a hyperlink

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