Introduction to Visio

Duration: ONE DAY

Pre-requisites:

Delegates should have a basic understanding of PCs, use of the keyboard and mouse, plus a working knowledge of the Windows environment, gained either from the workplace or by attending an introduction to Windows course

Course Objectives:

The creation, editing, formatting and printing of drawings and diagrams.  The course will cover the following features: 

Course Content:

Visio overview: 

Visio interface

Toolbars

Tool tips

Precise zooming

Quick zooming

Visio file types

Templates

Stencils 

Page setup: 

Page layout wizard

Inserting new pages

Inserting a background

Adding titles & embellishments

Editing page properties

Starting a new drawing:

Editing an existing drawing

Multiple drawings

Saving a drawing

Subsequent saves

Renaming a drawing

Abandoning a drawing 

Closing a drawing and Visio

Saving workspace 

Basic charts: 

Bar charts

Pie charts

Sizing pie chart slices

Flowcharts: 

Flowchart stencils

Creating a simple flowchart

Changing flowchart layout

Fitting a flowchart on a page

To fit the drawing page to the flowchart

To fit the flowchart to the drawing page 

Creating a drawing: 

The drawing process

Drag and drop

Selecting shapes

Resizing a shape

Formatting a shape

Moving, deleting, rotating and flipping shapes

Connecting shapes

Grouping and arranging shapes

Aligning shapes with each other

Guide points

Shortcut menu 

Business processes: 

Using Visio Wizards 

Web tools: 

Adding Hyperlinks to a shape

Saving as HTML

Organisational charts

Office integration

Getting help: 

Shape Help 

Drawing shapes: 

Creating a new shape 

Short cut keys

Adding text: 

Changing text

Rotating text within a shape

Checking spelling