MS Visio - Introduction
1 Day Course / £195.00 (plus VAT) per delegate
Introduction
This one-day instructor led course is designed to provide delegates with a solid foundation upon which to build skills in using Visio. By the end of the course delegates will have been introduced to the wide range of tools available with this drawing package.
Course Objectives
- Practise drawing fundamentals with shapes and tools
- Look at connecting shapes
- Design data flow diagrams
- Share diagrams with other applications
Pre-requisites
We recommend that all those who attend are able to use the mouse and the keyboard to select and open menus and icons.
Course Content
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Visio Basics
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Data Flow Diagrams
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- Introduction to Visio
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- Diagram theory and shapes
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- Sample drawings and screen layout
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- Diagramming conventions
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- Help system and wizards
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- Opening, closing and saving drawings
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Multiple Page Diagrams
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- Starting a new drawing
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- Inserting a new page
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- Renaming and deleting a page
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Drawing fundamentals
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- Linking shapes
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- Placing, resizing, moving, copying shapes
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- Arranging and grouping shapes
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Drawing with Layers
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- Rotating, flipping and formatting shapes
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- Colouring, displaying and hiding layers
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- Locking and printing layers
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Pages
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- Placing shapes on layers
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- Understanding page concepts
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- Foreground and background pages
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Sharing Diagrams with other Applications
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- Working in layers
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- Placing a Visio drawing in another application
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- Setting page orientation and scale
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- Bringing information into Visio
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- Rotating and resizing pages
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Master Shapes, Templates and Stencils
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Shapes
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- Opening a drawing file stencil
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- Placing text in shapes
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- Editing a master shape
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- Using the stamp tool
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- Creating and editing templates
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