Visio 2007 Essential Training

Explores how Visio 2007 can be used to create business and planning documents such as flow charts and floor layouts.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Getting Started with Visio

• Starting Visio and exploring the user interface
• Browsing sample drawings
• The Task pane
• Manipulating toolbars and menus
• Opening and viewing Visio documents
• Searching for files
• Saving Visio documents
• Creating new drawings
• Using themes

2. Working with Stencils

• Using the Stencil toolbar
• Creating a new stencil
• Opening a stencil
• Editing and saving a stencil
• Closing a stencil

3. Working with Shapes

• Adding and editing shapes on the drawing page
• Adding text to a shape
• Merging shapes to create new shapes
• Ordering shapes
• Grouping and ungrouping shapes
• Aligning and distributing shapes
• Laying out shapes and drawings
• Formatting shapes
• Working with shape data

4. Working with Connectors

• Using AutoConnect
• Using the Connector Tool button
• Adding connectors from a stencil
• Adding text to a connector
• Deleting a connector from the drawing page
• Viewing and hiding connection points
• Changing connector options

5. Formatting Text

• Adding and formatting text
• Changing paragraph settings
• Adding a text background
• Adding and editing bulleted lists
• Creating tables
• Creating headers and footers

6. Using Snap and Glue

• Viewing active snap and glue elements
• Snapping and gluing to items

7. Using Layers

• Assigning a shape to a layer
• Creating a new layer
• Changing layer properties

8. Inserting Pictures

• Displaying the Clip Art task pane and searching for clip art
• Inserting clip art
• Inserting a picture from a file
• Using the clip organizer

9. Managing Pages

• Inserting a new page
• Creating and assigning a background page
• Renaming, reordering, and deleting pages

10. Using the Page View Tools

• Showing and hiding page breaks
• Using the Pan & Zoom window
• Using the Size & Position window
• Using the Drawing Explorer window
• Merging anchored windows
• Setting a drawing scale

11. Editing Pages

• Copying, cutting, and pasting Items
• Copying a drawing page
• Using Find and Replace
• Using Undo and Redo
• Checking spelling

12. Sending Drawings

• Emailing a drawing to a mail recipient
• Emailing a drawing to a routing recipient

13. Printing

• Setting paper size and orientation
• Using Print Zoom
• Using Print Preview
• Printing a drawing

14. General Diagrams

• Creating a basic diagram
• Creating a block diagram
• Creating a block diagram with perspective

15. Business Diagrams

• Creating an organizational chart
• Creating a pie chart
• Creating a brainstorming diagram
• Creating a pivot diagram

16. Flowcharts

• Creating a basic flowchart
• Creating a workflow diagram
• Creating a cross-functional flowchart

17. Maps and Floor Plans

• Creating a directional map
• Creating a 3D directional map
• Creating a floor plan
• Creating a home plan
• Creating a security and access plan

18. Network Diagrams

• Creating a network diagram
• Creating detailed network diagrams
• Creating a rack diagram

19. Schedules

• Creating a calendar
• Creating a Gantt chart
• Creating a PERT Chart
• Creating a timeline

20. Software and Database Diagrams

• Creating a database model diagram
• Creating a data flow model diagram

21. Integrating Visio with Other Programs

• Linking and embedding MS Office documents in diagrams
• Delivering a slide show in Visio
• Exporting shapes and diagrams

22. Customizing Visio

• Configuring Visio options
• Configuring AutoCorrect options

Conclusion

• Goodbye