MS - Visio

Objective

Learn how to quickly and easily integrate structured business graphics into documents and presentations to help communicate ideas in a much more effective and compelling way. Learn about shape properties and interactions as well as how to create custom shapes and stencils, use styles, connect to external data sources, and set custom properties and behaviors.

• The Visio Interface - The Quick Access Toolbar, Customising the Ribbon, Using Task Panes
• Working with Stencils - Adding and Resizing Shapes, Formatting Shapes
• Adding Text to Shapes - The Text Block Tool, Freestanding Text Blocks
• Linking Shapes - Connector Tool and Autoconnect, Connection Points Tool
• Basic Flowcharts, Cross-Functional Flowcharts, Work Flow Diagrams
• Adding backgrounds, borders and titles and using Themes
• Creating professional looking Organisation Charts
• Creating Custom Shapes - Shape Operation Commands, Creating a Custom Stencil, Editing Masters
• Creating a New Style; Creating a Template
• Setting up an Office Layout, Working with Layers
• External Data - Organisation Chart, Importing Project Planning Data
• Linking Shapes to a Database; Importing Data from Excel