MS Visio Intro / Intermediate

Duration: One Day

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    Target Audience & Purpose

    Visio is a specialised Drawing package which creates professional Flowcharts, Organisation Charts, Floor Plans and many other drawings. People who have been attempting these things in Word or PowerPoint would greatly benefit from this course.

    Objectives

    By the end of this course participants should be able to:

    • Work with the basic features of Visio
    • Create Shapes and Text
    • Group and Connect Shapes
    • Apply, modify and work with themes
    • Use Stencils
    • Assign Shapes to Layers
    • Add Data and create Reports
    • Work with Organization Charts
    • Cross Functional Flowcharts

    Course Inclusions

    • Comprehensive learning materials incl. exercise files
    • Post course telephone support
    • ‘Certificate of Attendance’ on completion of course
    • Morning & afternoon tea

    Course Prerequisites

    Participants should already:

    • Be competent in using a mouse and keyboard
    • Have an understanding of Windows

    MS Visio Intro / Intermediate – Course Outline

    Download Exercise Files

    Getting to know Microsoft Visio

    Starting Visio in Windows, Understanding the Start Screen, Create a New Drawing from a Template, The Visio Screen, How Microsoft Visio 2016 Works, Use the Ribbon, Minimise the Ribbon, Understand Backstage View, Access Backstage View, Use Shortcut Menus, Understand Dialog Boxes, Launch Dialog Boxes, Understand Quick Access Toolbar, Add Commands to the QAT, Understand Status Bar, Customise Status Bar, Save a New Drawing

    Working with Stencils

    Understand Stencils, The Shapes Window, Quick Shapes, Create a Custom Stencil, Open, Edit, Close A Stencil

    Working with Shapes
    Place Shapes from a Stencil, Select, Resize, Move, Duplicate, Rotate & Flip Shapes, Order Shapes, Merge Shapes to create new Shapes, Group & Ungroup Shapes, Align & Distribute Shapes, Use Snap & Glue

    Formatting Shapes
    Apply Quick Styles, Format the Fill, Format Lines, Apply Effects, Use the Format Painter, Use Undo and Redo, Protect Shapes

    Working with Connectors
    Connect Shapes, Automatically add Connected Shapes, Connect Existing, Insert & Delete Shapes, Add Text to Connectors, Change Connectors, Work with Connection Points, Format Connectors

    Containers
    Add, Format, Delete Containers, Add Shapes to a Container

    Working with Text
    Add Text to Shapes, Format Text, Add Text to the Page, Edit Text, Use Find and Replace, Align & Move Text, Create Bulleted Lists, Create Tables, Spell Check Text

     

    Working with Pages
    Insert, Name & Duplicate Pages, Change Page Order, Delete Pages, Apply a Background Style, Add Headers & Footers, Insert a Logo, Assign a Background Page to other Pages, Page Size & Orientation

    Page Tools
    Understand Page Tools, Zoom, Pan, Use The Pan & Zoom Window, Display Grids & Rulers, Change Grids & Rulers, Set Guides & Guide Points, Use Guides & Guide Points, Work with Rulers, Change the Scale

    Themes
    Understand Themes, Apply a Theme, Apply a Theme Variant, Highlight Shapes With Quick Styles, Embellish Shapes, Create Custom Theme, Create Custom Theme Colours

    Working Collaboratively
    Add Comments, Work With Comments, Use the Comments Pane, Comment With Ink, Co-author Drawings, Save to OneDrive, Share Drawings, Open Shared Drawings

    Outputting Drawings
    Use Print Preview, Fit a Drawing to Printer Pages, Print a Drawing, Email Drawings

    Organisation Charts
    Create an Organisation Chart from Scratch, Add Multiple Shapes, Change a Position Type, Change the Layout of Shapes, Change the Spacing of Shapes, Create a Team, Change the Order of Shapes, Adding a Title, Insert Pictures, Format an Organisation Chart, Add Shape Data, Create Shape Data Fields, Create a Custom Shape and Stencil, Create Master Shape Data Fields

    Organisation Chart Data
    Create an Org Chart from Employee Data, Create an Org Chart From a New Data File, Add Employee Data, Export Data, Compare Versions, Create Synchronised Copies, Synchronise Subordinates

    Cross Functional Flowcharts
    Understand & Create Cross Functional Flowcharts, Add Swimlanes, Add Swimlane Labels, Add Phases & Shapes, Adjust Swimlanes & Phases, Format Cross Functional Charts