After completing this 1-day course, students will
know how to:
Navigate in 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; work with compound
lines; duplicate objects; and align, distribute, group,
and rotate objects.
Plan a flowchart; use master
shapes; connect shapes in a diagram; work with text; and
create a simple organisation chart.
Format text and
text blocks, control attributes including font size,
text colour, margins, alignment, 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 fields to display
information; and create hyperlinks.
Create network,
rack, and brainstorming diagrams, and import and export
data.
Use guides to precisely align and glue shapes,
add new connection points to a shape, set properties for
shapes, create and apply custom properties, create and
run reports, format a report table, and update a report.
Unit 1: Getting started
The Visio 2010
interface
Windows, stencils, and objects
Unit 2: Drawing tools
Topic A: Basic shapes and
lines
Drawing basic shapes
Creating lines and arcs
Reshaping an arc
Topic B:Compound lines
Creating a freeform line
Creating a compound line
with the Line and Arc tools
Creating a compound line
with the Pencil tool
Manipulating compound lines
Topic C:Editing objects
Duplicating objects
Aligning objects
Distributing objects
Grouping
objects
Rotating an object
Unit 3:Basic
diagrams
Topic A: Planning your diagram
Discussing diagram planning
Topic B: Creating a
basic diagram
Adding shapes
Connecting shapes
Using connector shapes
Topic C: Working with text
Creating and editing a text block
Adding
paragraph text
Adding text to shapes
Adding text
to connectors
Adjusting shape text
Rotating text
Topic D: Working with organization charts
Creating an organization chart
Changing the layout of
an organization chart
Unit 4:Formatting drawings
Topic A: Formatting text
Formatting text by using
toolbars
Formatting text by using the Text dialog
box
Topic B: Formatting text blocks and lines
Formatting a text block
Applying paragraph formatting
to a text block
Adding bullets to a text block
Formatting a shape
Customizing a shape
Using the
Fill and Shadow dialog boxes
Formatting multiple
shapes
Adding fill and line attributes to a text
block
Unit 5: Working with pages
Topic A:
Creating and setting up a drawing
Creating a drawing
and setting file properties
Defining printer settings
and page size
Setting page properties
Topic B:
Working with background pages
Creating a background
page
Adding fields to a background page
Applying a
background page
Editing a background page
Topic C: Working with links
Adding a page link
Adding a hyperlink
Linking multiple files to a shape
Linking to an Excel file
Unit 6: Network and
brainstorming diagrams
Topic A: Network diagrams
Using topology shapes in a network diagram
Adding a
control handle
Adding and connecting topology shapes
Moving shape text
Topic B: Rack diagrams
Creating a rack diagram
Topic C: Brainstorming
diagrams
Creating a brainstorming diagram
Exporting a brainstorming diagram to an XML file
Importing XML data into a brainstorming diagram
Unit 7: Customization and reporting
Topic A:
Advanced layout and connection techniques
Using
guides
Adding connection points
Selecting objects
by type
Connecting shapes to new connection points
Changing Snap & Glue settings
Topic B: Shape
properties
Adding custom properties to shapes
Creating custom property sets
Applying user-defined
custom properties
Topic C: Reporting
Creating
a report
Running a report
Updating a report
Formatting a Visio Table Report shape
