Visio Beginner VI-049

Course Overview

Produce, edit, and print a wide variety of diagrams.

Prerequisites

Microsoft Windows.

Syllabus

Basic Concepts:

• What is Visio 2010;
• Starting Visio 2010;
• Navigating the window;
• Adjusting the zoom;
• Using the help tool.

Drawings:

• Creating from a template;
• Opening an existing document;
• Closing a document;
• Closing Microsoft Visio;
• Creating a drawing step by step;
• Modifying options.

Pages:

• Setting up pages;
• Inserting a page;
• Working in the foreground and in the background;
• Inserting guide points onto a drawing page;
• Modifying the ruler;
• Rotating pages.

Shapes:

• Inserting a shape;
• Moving a shape;
• Deleting a shape;
• Copying a shape;
• Modifying a shape;
• Modifying the stacking order of shapes;
• Selecting shapes;
• Grouping and ungrouping shapes;
• Performing operations on shapes;
• Aligning shapes;
• Distributing shapes.

Connections:

• Linking shapes;
• Linking by inserting shapes;
• Establishing static and dynamic connexions;
• Using connection points;
• Defining crossover lines options.

Text:

• Adding text to a shape;
• Adding text to a drawing;
• Modifying text;
• Rotating text;
• Inserting a field.

Stencils:

• Manipulating stencils;
• Opening a stencil;
• Creating a stencil;
• Displaying the Used-shapes stencil.

Layers:

• Using a layer;
• Assigning shapes to a layer;
• Working with layers.

Styles:

• Creating a style;
• Modifying a style;
• Using a style;
• Adding a style to a template.

Appendices:

• Laying out shapes from the Organization chart stencil;
• Using special shapes in a flowchart;
• Using the Background and Borders and Titles stencils;
• Working with maps;
• Determining the action of the double-click;
• Using shortcut keys.