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Course length: 2 Days.
Overview: In this course, you'll learn fundamental skills while creating several types of diagrams using Visio Professional. You will create a directional map, a block diagram, a basic and a cross-functional flowchart, an organization chart, and an office layout. As you create these drawings, you will learn techniques to drag and manipulate Visio master shapes, create connections between shapes, and apply styles to shapes, text, and pages. You will generate an organization chart from imported data and edit custom properties to store additional information in your diagrams. You will learn shortcuts to enhance your productivity and use unique tools designed for each type of drawing. When you've completed the course, you will have a firm grasp of all of the skills needed to create any kind of diagram using Visio.
Prerequisites: This course is for the student who has little or no experience using Visio 2002/2003 Professional, and who needs to learn the basic skills that are necessary in order to begin to use this program effectively. Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer's operating system. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
Benefits: Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with Visio and making basic drawings.
Target student: Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer. Students should also be very comfortable working in the Windows environment. No prior knowledge of Visio is assumed.
Are you ready?: If you can; use the Windows Explorer to make folders and move and copy files, use another Windows program like Word or Excel, then you're ready for this class.
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Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the various types of drawings you can create using Visio.
- Drag shapes from Visio stencils and resize, rotate, align, and transform them.
- Increase your productivity with smart features such as numbering shapes automatically and duplicating shapes quickly.
- Create a directional map.
- Quickly locate any master shape within the stencil library.
- Create an organization chart manually or generate one from a text file.
- Create a flowchart or a cross-functional flowchart.
- Apply title, borders, backgrounds, and color schemes to enhance Visio documents.
- Create an office floor plan to scale.
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Lesson 1: An Overview of Visio
- Visio Documents
- Elements of the Visio Window
- Visio Navigation
- Scrolling and Zooming
- Using the Pan & Zoom Window
- Anchor and Autohide
Lesson 2: Basic Skills: Creating a Directional Map
- Using Stencils
- Dragging Shapes from Stencils
- Managing Stencils and Finding Shapes
- Saving Files
- Drawing Properties
- Viewing Drawing Properties
- Manipulating Shapes
- Resizing Shapes
- Resizing and Relocating with Precision
- Rotating Shapes
- Copying Shapes
- Connecting Roads
- Using Connector Roads
- Changing Road Thickness
- Adding Text
- Adding Text to Shapes
- Rotating Text Separately
- Editing Text
- Formatting Shape Text
- Adding Stand-Alone Text
- Stacking Order
- Changing the Stacking Order
- Stacking Order
- Completing the Directional Map
Lesson 3: Basic Diagram Skills
- Enhancing Productivity
- Hiding Connection Points and the Grid
- Repeat Duplication
- Manual Numbering with the Number Shapes Macro
- Automatically Numbering New Shapes
- Managing Shapes
- Grouping
- Aligning Shapes
- Distributing Shapes
- Applying Styles
- Changing Line Styles
- Text and Fill Colors
- Creating Custom Colors
- Adding Patterns
- Adding Drop Shadows
- Applying Styles
- Completing the Block Diagram
Lesson 4: Flowcharts
- Connecting Shapes
- Connecting On Drop
- Cloning Shapes
- Point-to-Point Connections
- Routing Connectors
- Line-Curve Connectors
- Using Extra Connectors
- Page Styles
- Using Borders and Titles
- Renaming Shapes
- Adding and Editing Backgrounds
- Applying Color Schemes
- Cross-Functional Flowcharts
- Cross-Functional Flowchart Setup
- Cross-Functional Flowcharts
- Filling Out a Cross-Functional Flowchart
Lesson 5: Organization Charts
- Creating an Organization Chart
- Adding Subordinate Shapes
- Adding Multiple Shapes
- Arranging Subordinates
- Editing Custom Properties
- Adding a Custom Property
- Organization Chart Data Wizard
- Creating an Organization Chart from Data
- Navigating a Multi-Page Organization Chart
- Hiding Subordinates
- Breaking Down an Organization Chart
- Navigating Linked Pages
- Changing Styles
- Changing Spacing
- Organization Chart Data Wizard
- Creating an Organization Chart
Lesson 6: Floor Plan
- Creating an Office Layout
- Adding Space
- Adding Walls
- Drawing Scale
- Drawing to Scale
- Adding Doors and Windows
- Resetting the Ruler Zero Point
- Drawing Scale
Lesson 7: Reverse Engineering a Database Schema
- Using the Reverse Engineer Wizard
- Exploring the Database Properties
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