Visio 2010 - Level 1 - 1 Day

Course Aims

This course is designed for new or existing users of Visio. Users will learn techniques for creating diagrams and drawings by using the drawing tools, creating and working with Shape and Text objects.

Course Outline

Introduction
  • • Getting started
  • • Working with stencils
  • • Saving drawings

Introduction to Shapes
  • • What is a shape?
  • • Working with shapes
  • • Interaction style
  • • Handles and Endpoints

Working with Text
  • • Formatting your shapes
  • • Add fill colour, pattern and shadow
  • • Changing Lines and line styles
  • • Format Painter
  • • Sizing Shapes
  • • Grouping and Ungrouping Shapes
  • • Working with Smart Shapes

Connectors and Glue
  • • What are connectors?
  • • Using the connector tool
  • • Using the Connect Shapes tool
  • • Using any 1-D Shape
  • • Glue
  • • Adding your own Connection points
Setting out your drawings
  • • Zooming in and Out
  • • Using the drawing Grid
  • • Snapping Shapes
  • • Rulers
  • • Guides

Working with Pages
  • • What are Visio Pages
  • • Background Pages
  • • Changing the orientation of Pages
  • • Setting and using Scale

Shape Operations
  • • Shape operations
  • • Creating New Stencils

Printing Drawings
  • • Using Print Preview
  • • Using Page Setup
  • • Creating Headers and Footers
  • • Printing a Drawing
  • • Copying a Drawing to another Application

Assumed Knowledge

This course is aimed at new users of Microsoft Visio who have little or no experience of Microsoft Visio. Basic Keyboard, mouse and file management skills are required.

Visio 2010 - Level 2 - 1 Day

Course Aims

This course is designed for existing users of Visio. Users will learn techniques for enhancing drawings by using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates and sharing Visio drawing with other applications.

Course Outline

Styles
  • • Applying Styles
  • • Working with Templates

Stencils and Master Documents
  • • Creating a Stencil
  • • Creating a Master Document
  • • Protecting Shapes and Documents
  • • Changing Shape Behaviour
  • • Automatic Layouts

Working with Shapes
  • • Using Combine
  • • Using Subtract
  • • Using Intersect
  • • Using the Fragment

Background Pages
  • • Creating a Background Page
  • • Assigning a Background Page

Working with Layers
  • • Understanding Layers
  • • Working with Layers
  • • Assigning a Shape to Layers

Pictures and Objects
  • • Inserting a Picture
  • • Embedding a Object
  • • Linking Objects
  • • Inserting Fields

Working with Shape Objects
  • • Changing Shape Properties
  • • Working with Hyperlinks

Assumed Knowledge

This course is aimed at existing users of Microsoft Visio who have attended the Microsoft Visio Level 1 course or who have a good basic knowledge of Visio Drawing Tools and Layouts.

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