Visio Tips and Tricks

Discover techniques for how to leverage Visio, the Microsoft diagramming app. Learn how to customize options, master text and annotations, use keyboard shortcuts, and more.

Introduction

• Supercharge Visio with power user tips
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Make Visio Your Own

• Decode Visio versions and editions
• Set Visio options
• Manage the Drawing window
• Manage secondary Visio windows
• Customize the ribbon
• Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
• Use the Developer tab

2. Navigate Like a Pro

• Be more selective
• Select with layers
• Zoom and position the drawing page
• Navigate in a multi-page diagram
• Navigate page to page with hyperlinks

3. Master Use of Text and Annotations

• Manage text on shapes
• Insert text display fields
• Annotate diagrams with comments
• Annotate diagrams with callouts

4. Work More Efficiently

• Master Visio keyboard shortcuts
• Align and size shapes on a page
• Copy, paste, and duplicate shapes
• Understand 1D and 2D shapes
• Control lines and connections
• Manage connectors and connection points
• Use AutoConnect and Quick Shapes

Conclusion

• Dive into data with Visio