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Microsoft Visio - Introduction

Course Description

This is a Microsoft Visio Introduction course.  The teaching approach contains a mix of lectures, practical and one-to-one work and varies according to the people attending.  For the most part, candidates are able to work at a pace which best suits them, and emphasis is placed upon quality of learning, rather than quantity.

Course Duration

1 day

Course Objectives

On completion of this course delegates will have a solid understanding of the basics of Microsoft Visio.

Course Content

USING MICROSOFT VISIO
Opening a file
Zooming
Pan and zoom
Closing a diagram
The Shapes Pane
The Drawing Page
The Task Pane
To switch Task panes
The Visio toolbars

GETTING HELP
Microsoft Office Visio Help
Help Table of Contents

USING TEMPLATES
Creating a new diagram based on a template

USING SHAPES
Adding a shape to the drawing area
Adding text to the shape
Manually connecting shapes
Adding text to a Connector
Deleting a Connector
Saving your diagram

MANIPULATING SHAPES
Moving shapes
Resizing shapes
Deleting shapes

BACKGROUNDS, BORDERS AND TITLES
Assigning a background
Using the Borders and Titles Stencil

MANAGING STENCILS
Creating a new Stencil
Renaming a Stencil
Saving the Stencil
Adding Shapes to a Stencil
Adding Custom Shapes to a Stencil
Closing a Floating Stencil
Opening the Stencil

FORMATTING TEXT
Changing the Font Type
Font Size
Font Style, Bold, Italic and Underline
Font Colour
Text Alignment
Bullets

FORMATTING SHAPES
Shape Fill Colour
Shape Shadow Effects
Line Colour, Weight, Pattern, Line Ends

POSITIONING AND ALIGNING SHAPES
Action Toolbar
Grouping shapes
Ungrouping shapes
Ordering shapes
Sending shapes forwards or backwards
Rotating a shape to the right
Rotating a shape to the left
Free rotating a shape
Rotating text within a shape
Flipping a shape
Aligning shapes
Distributing shapes
Adjusting shape layout
Centering a drawing

FORMATTING CONNECTORS
Connector routing options
Using curved connectors
Using straight connectors
Setting line jump options

USING SNAP AND GLUE
Snapping and gluing
Connecting shapes using Dynamic Glue
Connecting shapes using Static Glue

USING LAYERS
Assigning a shape to a layer
Showing and hiding layers

USING PAGE VIEW TOOLS
Showing and hiding the rulers
Showing and hiding the grid
Adding Guides
Showing and hiding the guides

PRINTING THE DRAWING
Paper size and orientation
Print Preview
Print Range

CUSTOMIZING VISIO
Options Dialog Box                

Who should attend?

This is a course with a high level of practical content, aimed at those who have not used Microsoft Visio before.  It is designed for candidates with widely differing experience and skill levels.           

Pre-requisites

No previous experience of Microsoft Visio is necessary, but candidates should have a good understanding of computer basics and be familiar with the Windows operating systems.         
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