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Visio 2007 Essential Skills

Course Information

This one day course is designed to introduce delegates to Visio, the drag and drop drawing tool of Microsoft.
Attendees will be confident in creating diagrams such as flowcharts, organisation charts, floor plans and network layouts using the built in templates and stencils.

Pre-requisites

Those attending this course should have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and be comfortable with using a mouse

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates will be able to:

  • Recognise the components that comprise the Visio screen.
  • Create a new diagram using the templates provided.
  • Save a new diagram as a file and as a template.
  • Create a flowchart.
  • Create an organisation chart.
  • Create a diagram of an office layout.
  • Create a diagram of a computer network layout.
  • Utilise the shapes available on the template stencil.
  • Accurately position shapes using snap and glue.
  • Add text to shapes.
  • Apply multiple formats to shapes simultaneously using styles.
  • Create and define a custom style.
  • Link a diagram to an alternative document.
  • Prepare the document for printing, modifying the page settings and previewing.

What you will learn:
Lesson 1 – Screen Layout

Menus
Toolbars
Task pane

Lesson 2 – Creating a Diagram

Templates and stencils
Drawing types
Saving

Lesson 3 – Flow Charts

Paper orientation
Stamp tool
Dynamic guide
Snap and glue
Connector tool

Lesson 4 – Formatting

Formatting styles
Backgrounds
Stencils

Lesson 5 – Organisation Charts

Create an organisation chart
Arrange shapes within the hierarchy
Group and resize sections
Formatting the organisation chart

Lesson 6 – Office Layout

Measure the dimensions of the office and the office equipment
Use the office layout template
Change drawing scale
Assemble the walls
Place and resize the office equipment stencils

Lesson 7 – Creating a Network Diagram

Connect shapes in the network diagram
Store information with network shapes
Create network reports

Lesson 8 – Links

Inserting an hyperlink
Create a link to another file

Lesson 9 – Printing

Headers and footers
Print preview and page setup

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