This 1-day training course covers the following
topics:
Unit 1:The Visio environment
Topic A: Visio
basics
Creating a drawing
Examining the work area
Using Visio Help
Topic B: Navigating in Visio
Opening a Visio drawing
Changing view settings
Navigating among drawing pages
Topic C: Using
windows and stencils
Manipulating stencils
Topic D: Manipulating objects
Selecting and moving
objects
Scaling and resizing an object
Saving and
closing a drawing
Unit 2: Drawing tools
Topic A:Basic shapes and lines
Drawing basic shapes
Creating lines and arcs
Reshaping an arc
Topic
B:Compound lines
Creating a freeform line
Creating
a compound line with the Line and Arc tools
Creating
a compound line with the Pencil tool
Manipulating
compound lines
Topic C:Editing objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning objects
Distributing
objects
Grouping objects
Rotating an object
Unit 3:Basic diagrams
Topic A: Planning your
diagram
Discussing diagram planning
Topic
B:Creating a basic diagram
Adding shapes
Connecting shapes
Using connector shapes
Topic
C:Working with text
Creating and editing a text
block
Adding paragraph text
Adding text to shapes
Adding text to connectors
Adjusting shape text
Rotating text
Topic D:Working with organization
charts
Creating an organization chart
Changing the
layout of an organization chart
Unit 4:Formatting
drawings
Topic A: Formatting text
Formatting
text by using toolbars
Formatting text by using the
Text dialog box
Topic B: Formatting text blocks
Formatting a text block
Applying paragraph formatting
to a text block
Adding bullets to a text block
Topic C: Formatting shapes and lines
Formatting a
shape
Customizing a shape
Using the Fill and
Shadow dialog boxes
Formatting multiple shapes
Adding fill and line attributes to a text block
Unit 5: Working with pages
Topic A: Creating and
setting up a drawing
Creating a drawing and setting
file properties
Defining printer settings and page
size
Setting page properties
Topic B: Working
with background pages
Creating a background page
Adding fields to a background page
Applying a
background page
Editing a background page
Topic C: Working with links
Adding a page link
Adding a hyperlink
Linking multiple files to a shape
Linking to an Excel file
Topic D: Printing
diagrams
Adding a header in Print Preview
Printing
a diagram
Unit 6: Network and brainstorming
diagrams
Topic A: Network diagrams
Using
topology shapes in a network diagram
Adding a control
handle
Adding and connecting topology shapes
Moving shape text
Topic B: Rack diagrams
Creating a rack diagram
Topic C: Brainstorming
diagrams
Creating a brainstorming diagram
Exporting a brainstorming diagram to an XML file
Importing XML data into a brainstorming diagram
Unit 7: Introduction to advanced features
Topic
A: Advanced layout and connection techniques
Using
guides
Adding connection points
Selecting objects
by type
Connecting shapes to new connection points
Changing Snap & Glue settings
Topic B: Custom
properties
Adding custom properties to shapes
Creating custom property sets
Applying user-defined
custom properties
Topic C: Reporting
Creating
a report
Running a report
Updating a report
Formatting a Visio Table Report shape
