Learning Visio 2013

Learn how to quickly create and share professional diagrams with Microsoft Visio 2013.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Getting Started

• What is Visio 2013?
• What's new in Visio 2013?
• Touring the Visio 2013 interface
• Customizing the Ribbon and the Quick Access Toolbar
• Setting up global preferences

2. Charts and Diagrams

• Creating diagrams from templates
• Importing images into an org chart
• Formatting a diagram
• Creating a connected diagram
• Searching for shapes
• Changing one shape for another
• Changing connector appearance
• Inserting objects into a diagram
• Duplicating pages to create versions of a diagram
• Using containers and callouts

3. Themes and Effects

• Changing diagram design with themes
• Applying theme colors and effects
• Adding backgrounds, borders, and titles
• Defining your own theme colors

4. Connecting, Sharing, and Collaboration

• Printing diagrams
• Saving to SkyDrive
• Importing data from an external source
• Sharing diagrams using the cloud
• Commenting on a diagram

Conclusion

• Next steps