Microsoft Visio 2010 Introduction - Course Outline

COURSE INFORMATION

Duration: One Day: 9am - 4:30pm

Price: $400


Book: Enquire or make a course booking

TARGET AUDIENCE & PURPOSE

Visio is a specialised Drawing package which creates professional Flowcharts, Organisation Charts, Floor Plans
and many other drawings. People who have been attempting these things in Word or PowerPoint would greatly benefit from this course.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

  • Create Shapes and Text
  • Group and Connect Shapes
  • Use Stencils
  • Assign Shapes to Layers
  • Add Data and create Reports
  • Work with Organization Charts
  • Gantt Charts
  • Cross Functional Flowcharts

PREREQUISITES

Participants should be competent users of Windows.

COURSE CONTENT

Getting to know Microsoft Visio
Create a New Drawing from a Template, The Visio Screen, How Microsoft Visio 2010 Works, Use the Ribbon & Key Tips, Minimise the Ribbon, Understand Backstage View, Access Backstage View, Use Shortcut Menus, Understand Dialog Boxes, Launch Dialog Boxes, Understand Quick Access Toolbar, Add Commands to the QAT, Understand Status Bar, Customise Status Bar, Save a New Drawing Outputting Drawings

Working with Stencils
The Shapes Window, Quick Shapes, Create a Custom Stencil, Open, Edit, Close A Stencil

Working with Shapes
Place Shapes from a Stencil, Select, Resize, Move, Duplicate, Rotate & Flip Shapes, Order Shapes, Merge Shapes to create new Shapes, Group & Ungroup Shapes, Align & Distribute Shapes, Use Snap & Glue, Use the Dynamic Grid

Formatting Shapes
Fill Shapes, Format Lines, Apply Shadows, Use the Format Painter, Protect Shapes

Working with Connectors
Connect Shapes, Automatically add Connected Shapes, Connect Existing, Insert & Delete Shapes, Add Text to Connectors, Change Connectors, Work with Connection Points, Format Connectors

Containers
Add, Format, Delete Containers, Add Shapes to a Container

Working with Text
Add Text to Shapes, Format Text, Create Text Blocks, Align Text, Create Bulleted Lists, Create Tables, Spell Check Text

Working with Pages
Insert  & Name Pages, Change Page Order, Rotate &  Delete Pages, Apply a Background Style, Add Headers & Footers, Insert a Logo, Assign a Background Page to other Pages, Page Size & Orientation

Page Tools
Understand Page Tools, Zoom, Use The Pan & Zoom Window, Display Grids & Rulers, Change Grids & Rulers, Set Guides & Guide Points, Use Guides  & Guide Points, Work with Rulers, Change the Scale

Editing Pages
Copy, Cut & Paste Shapes, Copy a Drawing Page, Use Find & Replace, Use Undo & Redo

Themes
Understand Themes, Apply a Theme, Create Custom Theme Colours, Create Custom Theme Effects, Copy a Custom Theme to another Draw, Delete Custom Themes

Outputting Drawings
Use Print Preview, Print Setup & Page Size Options, Fit a Drawing to Printer Pages, Print a Drawing, Email Drawings

Organisation Charts
Create a Simple Organisation Chart, Add Multiple Shapes, Convert a Shape, Change the Layout & Spacing of Shapes, Create a Team, Change the Order of Shapes, Add a Title, Add Shape Data, Create Shape Data Fields, Create Master Shape Data Fields

Organisation Chart Data
Export Data, Create Charts from Spreadsheets, Compare Versions, Create Synchronised Copies, Synchronise Relationships

Calendars
Create a Calendar, Add Text to a Calendar, Add Art to a Calendar, Add a Multi-day Event to a Calendar, Add a Thumbnail Month, Change The Calendar Theme

Gantt Charts
Understand Gantt Charts, Gantt Chart Options, Create a Gantt Chart, Complete Task Details, Create Subtasks, Link & Unlink Tasks, Add & Delete Tasks, Add & Hide Columns Format Task Bars, Navigate a Gantt Chart, Export from a Gantt Chart, Import Data into a Gantt Chart, Print Gantt Charts

Cross Functional Flowcharts
Understand  & Create Cross Functional Flowcharts,  Add Swimlanes, Add Swimlane Labels, Phases & Shapes, Adjust Swimlanes & Phases, Format Cross Functional Charts

 

Visio 07 Intro

Course Inclusions