Microsoft Visio

Visio is a drawing and diagramming program that includes a variety of pre-drawn shapes and picture elements that can be dragged and dropped onto the illustration. Users can define their own elements and place them onto the Visio palette. “Visio Home” is a version of Visio designed for personal use and includes elements for landscaping, family trees, decorating, etc.

Course Content:

• Getting Started with Visio 2016
• Perform Basic Tasks in the Visio Environment
• Use Backstage Commands
• Save a File
• The Visio Drawing Window
• Toolbars
• Overview of Templates, Stencils and Shapes
• Changing View Settings
• Drawing Tools
• Creating New Drawings
• Drawing Closed Shapes
• Drawing Open Shapes
• Using the Freeform tool
• Drawing Compound Lines
• Finding Stencils and Shapes
• Creating Basic Diagrams
• Selection Techniques
• Connecting Shapes
• Moving and Deleting Shapes
• Aligning Shapes
• Distributing Shapes
• Rotating Shapes
• Grouping Shapes
• Formatting Shapes
• Shape formatting
• Adding Text to Shapes
• Formatting Text
• Duplicating Shapes
• Scaling and resizing Shapes
• Using Themes (2007 version only)
• Working with Pages
• Inserting, Naming and Deleting Pages
• Page and Printer Setup
• Creating Background Pages
• Inserting Headers and Footers
• Building Diagrams
• Creating Organisation Charts
• Adding Multiple Shapes
• Modifying Chart Layouts
• Creating a Flowchart
• Creating a Brainstorming Diagram
• Using the Brainstorming Outline Window
• Working with Workflow Diagram Tools
• Use Drawing Components
• Modify a Drawing
• Insert Callouts and Groups
• Building Organization Charts
• Create an Organization Chart Manually
• Create Organization Charts by Using Starter Diagrams and the Organization Chart Wizard
• Modify an Organization Chart
• Designing a Floor Plan
• Make a Basic Floor Plan
• Model a Room Layout
• Building a Cross-Functional Flowchart
• Create a Cross-Functional Flowchart
• Format a Cross-Functional Flowchart
• Designing a Network Diagram
• Create Network Diagrams
• Use Shape Data
• Use Layers
•  Styling a Diagram
• Modify Shape and Connector Styles
• Apply Themes and Variants
• Use Containers

Course Prerequisites:

• A working knowledge of Windows is required, or our Microsoft Windows Introduction course. No experience of MS Visio is required.
• To ensure your success, you will need to be familiar with using personal computers and proficient in using Windows to access programs, navigate to information stored on the computer, and manage files and folders.