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Course aim
This one day course is for new or inexperienced users of Visio who want
to gain a basic understanding of how to use its main tools and features.
Who should attend?
No experience of Visio is required, but delegates should be familiar with
other Windows applications such as Microsoft Office.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to:
• Understand the layout of the drawing window
• Identify master shapes and stencils
• Draw basic objects and change their shape
• Create basic flowcharts
• Create process flowcharts
• Use foreground and background pages to produce consistent layouts
• Create organization charts
• Know how to use the Organization Chart Wizard
• Create hyperlinks between pages and save your drawings for use
on an Intranet or Internet
• Use a Visio add on to view drawing files without the Visio program
• Create custom stencils and templates
Training style
Informal and participative using a combination of trainer input, discussion
and practical exercises. This approach ensures the training meets the
needs of both the group and individual participants.
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Course contents
Use the Visio Drawing Environment
Start a new file
Describe the differences between a stencil,
template and drawing
Find and use other stencils
Select shapes placed on the page
Resize shapes placed on a page
Zoom in and out
Basic Techniques
Describe different drawing tools
Move, copy and resize shapes
Add text to shapes
Format text
Add text to lines
Size and position shapes on the drawing page
Multiple Page Drawings
Copy shapes using three different techniques
Adjust the position and angle of text added to shapes
Insert new pages
Reorder pages
Create foreground and background pages
Rename pages
Glue one shape to another
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Flowcharting
Know how to use different connector types
Connect shapes together using: the Connector tool, the Connect Shapes
button, drag and drop
Align shapes and distribute shapes equally
Understand what guides are for and how to add them
Further Skills
Save a drawing for use on the Internet
Use a Visio add on to view files without the Visio program
Print out a drawing
Create stencils and templates
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