Visio 2016 Essential Training

Master the intricacies of Visio 2016, Microsoft's powerful diagramming software.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using the exercise files

1. Get Started with Visio 2016

• What is Visio 2016?
• Get started and tour the UI
• Open files and adjust the UI
• Modify the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
• Select view options

2. Create Connected Diagrams

• Use SmartShapes from a stencil
• Arrange the top four SmartShapes on a stencil
• Connect shapes manually
• Insert and delete connected SmartShapes
• Organize SmartShapes with Auto Align & Space
• Rearrange connected diagrams with Re-Layout Page

3. Add Additional Objects to Diagrams

• Insert text-related objects
• Insert foreground and background pages
• Insert graphics
• Insert containers and callouts
• Insert hyperlinks

4. Format Objects and Text

• Using themes
• Format text
• Format shape fills
• Format shape lines

5. Show and Hide Visual Elements

• Show and hide rulers, grids, guides, and page breaks
• Use visual aids and Snap & Glue settings
• Show and hide task panes
• Work with windows in Visio

6. Publish Diagrams to Various Outputs

• Print diagrams
• Publish a diagram to PDF
• Save diagrams to JPG or GIF files
• Save diagrams to the web using HTML

7. Work with Layers

• How adding SmartShapes can create layers
• Create, remove, and assign to layers
• Manage layer settings

8. Work with Themes

• The difference between themes and styles
• Apply themes, colors, and effects
• Block themes from SmartShapes
• Create custom theme colors

9. Create Organizational Charts

• Insert a top-level exec SmartShape
• Add manager sub-shapes
• Add other sub-shapes
• Define alternate layouts for subordinates
• Reorder team members
• Add team frames to a diagram
• Create dotted line report indicators
• Use multiple and three-position SmartShapes
• Add employee pictures
• Use synchronized copies to break down structure
• Expand and collapse reporting structure views
• Import data with the Org Chart Wizard
• Publish organizational charts

10. Create Brainstorming Diagrams

• Understanding brainstorming diagram structure
• Add sub-topics
• Edit topic text and placement
• Edit topics in the outline window
• Customize topic shape design
• Change diagram style and layout
• Send data to Microsoft Word
• Send data to Microsoft Excel

11. Create Timelines

• Add and configure a timeline shape
• Add milestones to a timeline
• Deal with text collisions
• Add intervals to a timeline
• Add markers and indicators to a timeline
• Create and adjust the expanded timeline
• Format timelines
• Share your timeline in the cloud

12. Create Calendars

• Create a monthly calendar
• Add appointments and events
• Customize the calendar
• Add additional months
• Create other calendars
• Import calendar data from Microsoft Outlook

13. Work with Floorplan Diagrams

• Create a floorplan diagram
• Set the drawing scale
• Create the floorplan shell
• Add other structural elements
• Add dimensions
• Add furniture
• Add a title and other information

14. Use Wireframes to Create Prototype Diagrams

• Explore wireframe diagram stencils
• Add dialog elements and other controls
• List shapes used in a diagram

Conclusion

• Next steps