Description
Our Microsoft Visio Introduction course is designed to allow the course participants to develop a good working knowledge of Visio. This will enable them to create different types of drawings like Flowcharts, Workflows, Cross-Functional Flowcharts (Swim Lanes), Organisation Charts, Brainstorming Diagrams, Timelines and Gantt Charts. The participants will be able to use the library of existing stencils and templates and create their own customised versions of both.
Full Day Course Price: €500 per person
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Dates
- 19 April 2023 – 1 Day
- 09 August 2023 – 1 Day
- 21 November 2023 – 1 Day
TARGET AUDIENCE
Aimed at Microsoft Visio users who, as part of their job, need to create new drawings and modify existing drawings, including Flowcharts, Workflows, Cross-Functional Flowcharts (Swim Lanes), Organisation Charts, Brainstorming Diagrams, Timelines and Gantt Charts.
PREREQUISITES
Participants need have no prior knowledge of Visio but should be comfortable using Microsoft Windows and should be able to start a Microsoft Office application, use the Help feature, and open, close and save files.
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
Having completed this Microsoft Visio Introduction course, participants will:
- Have a good working knowledge of Visio
- Be able to create different types of drawings like Flowcharts, Workflows, Cross-Functional Flowcharts (Swim Lanes), Organisation Charts, Brainstorming Diagrams, Timelines and Gantt Charts
- Be able to use the library of existing stencils and templates, and be able to create their own customised versions of both
Introduction to Microsoft Visio
What are drawings / stencils / templates
What is Visio used for?
Course overview and objectives
Finding Your Way Around Visio
Accessing Visio
Using ‘Tell me what you want to do…’
Navigating the Visio drawing page
Using and displaying ribbon / task panes
Page views
Pan and Zoom Window
Size and Position Window
Working with and Managing Drawings
Drawing categories and templates
Creating new drawing
Open, save and close drawings
Navigating pages
Renaming / deleting Pages
Reordering pages
Setting a drawing scale
Visio Stencils and Templates
Creating Flowcharts and Workflows using existing template and stencils
Working with Shapes and Smart Shapes
Adding shapes to drawing page
Adding text to shapes
Moving, resizing, copying, and deleting
Formatting
Grouping and ungrouping
Ordering
Rotating and flipping
Aligning and distributing
Working with Connectors and Connecting Shapes
Connecting shapes manually and automatically
Adding connectors from stencil
Using Dynamic Glue and Static Glue
Adding text
View / hide connection points
Formatting
Curved and straight connectors
Printing the Drawing
Preview and printing the drawing
Print page set-up – size, orientation
Page set-up – size, orientation
Designing and Customising Templates and Stencils
Inserting a new page
Creating and assigning a background page
Show / hide guides and page breaks
Creating a new stencil
Adding shapes to stencil
Editing existing Master Shapes
Creating customised Master Shapes
Naming and editing stencils
Using the document stencil
Building Drawings with Existing Stencils and Templates
Creating and managing the following drawing types (using the customised menus where relevant):
- Cross-Functional Flowcharts (Swim Lanes)
- Organisation Charts
- Brainstorming Diagrams
- Timelines
- Gantt Charts
Adding Layers a Drawing
Assigning a shape to an existing layer
Creating new layers
Show / hide layers
Selecting layers to print
Locking layers
Counting the number of objects in a layer
Renaming / deleting
Assigning colour
Discussion and Question Time