MS Visio (Intro)

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to create, modify and organize basic Visio diagrams and charts. Participants will gain basic skills in using and creating shapes, printing drawings, and creating custom stencils, and be introduced to many time saving shortcuts and techniques designed to increase user productivity.

Learning Outcomes:

• Navigate a file, change view settings, identify interface components, use Visio Help; work with windows and stencils; and select, scale, and resize objects
• Draw and reshape objects; duplicate objects; and align, distribute, group, and rotate objects.
• Plan a diagram; connect shapes in a diagram and work with text
• Format text and text blocks, control attributes including font size, text colour, margins, lignment, and line spacing, apply style themes and effects, and format shapes and lines
• Set file, page, and print properties; use Print Preview; create print headers and footers; print a drawing; work with background pages
• Use guides to precisely align and glue shapes, set properties for shapes, create and apply custom properties

Prerequisites:

• Those attending this course should be familiar with personal computers and be competent in the use of the keyboard and mouse. A basic understanding of drawing or graphics applications would be advantageous.