Visio 2003 Level 1

     

Private courses can be held at your site or one of our training venues, and can be customised to fit your requirements.

You can choose to have a private course based on an existing outline or you can choose the most applicable lessons from a number of different outlines and consolidate them into one course.

We can also write bespoke courses to fit your specific requirements, whether you require training on a standard application or a bespoke inhouse system.

Please contact us to discuss this further on 0191 377 8377.

Learning Your Way Around

Visio standard overview
Starting a new file
The interface
Standard file types
Changing view settings
Panning across the page
Navigating pages
Opening additional stencils
Manipulating stencils
Selection techniques
Scaling and resizing objects

Basic Techniques

Drawing tools overview
Drawing closed shapes
Creating open shapes
Reshaping with the pencil tool
Drawing compound lines
Drawing with precision
Using the size and position window
Duplicating objects quickly
Aligning and distributing objects
Quick analysis of connected drawings
Rotating objects

Creating a Basic Flow Diagram

Flowcharting tips
Understanding master shapes
Placing shapes
Adding shapes with the rubber stamp tool
Connecting shapes
Using the connector tool
The connect shapes command
Adjusting connection lines
Connecting shapes automatically
Basic text features
Adding text to shapes
Adding text to lines
Adjusting text blocks
Rotating text blocks
Formatting basics
Formatting text and text blocks
Formatting shapes and lines
Adding a background

Cross-functional Flowcharting

Quick overview
Setting the layout
Understanding functional bands
Setting file properties
Page and printer setup
Creating background pages
Adding fields
Adding text to the layout
Formatting the functional bands
Creating custom colours
Adding separators
Managing functional bands
Adding connection points
Adding detail pages
Linking diagrams
Linking to other pages
Creating an off-page reference
Creating hyperlinks
Linking to multiple files

Creating Organisation Charts

Quick overview
Using the page layout wizard
Importing graphics
Creating the organization chart
Adjusting shape placement
Creating entire groups
Overriding the layout
Managing detail
Creating synchronized copies
Custom properties
Organization chart wizard
Using the sample spreadsheet
Updating the chart with the wizard
Printing your charts

Creating Custom Stencils

Creating custom stencils
The stencil toolbar
Creating new shapes
Adding shapes to the stencil
Adding imported shapes
Editing master shapes
Saving the stencil
Using the custom stencil

Training Options

What's Included