Microsoft Visio Advanced
Course Duration: One Day
Target Audience:
Aimed at users who use Visio extensively in their day-to-day work and who wish to explore and learn more about the added functionality of the application.
Course Objectives:
To allow the user to make full use of the advanced features of the application. To work with Flowcharts, Workflows, Cross-Functional Flowcharts (Swim Lanes), Organisation Charts, Brainstorming Diagrams, Timelines and Gantt Charts. To understand how to add data and data graphics to drawings.
Course Outline:
Introduction
Working with Shapes
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Paste Special
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Inserting fields
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Screen Tips
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Hyperlinks
Working with Containers
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Adding containers
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Adding shapes to a container
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Removing shapes from a container
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Resizing containers
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Disbanding a container
Using Callouts
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Inserting a callout
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Moving a callout
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Positioning the callout line
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Resizing callouts
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Callout styles
Working with Layers
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Adding layers
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Showing layers
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Hiding layers
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Activating layers
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Locking layers
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Selecting layers to print
Working with Shape Data
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Manually adding data to shapes
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Manually linking shape data
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Automatically linking shapes to data
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Refreshing the shape data
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Data links
Data Graphics
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Inserting data graphics
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Custom data graphics
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Editing data graphics
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Removing data graphics
Creating Process Diagrams
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Adding shapes
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Creating Sub-Processes
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Linking Sub-Processes
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Editing links
Building Drawings Using Existing Stencils and Templates
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Creating and managing drawing types
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Using customised menus
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IEEE compliant shapes for electrical diagrams
Cross Functional Flowcharts
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Creating a Cross Functional Flowchart
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Adding Swim Lanes
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Adding separators
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Adding shapes
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Changing orientation and direction
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Modifying the Swim Lane margins
Creating Organisation Charts
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Creating an Organisation Chart manually
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Creating an Organisation Chart using the Visio wizard
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Adding shapes
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Synchronising charts
Creating Process Flow Diagrams
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Adding shapes
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Importing from SharePoint
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Exporting to SharePoint
Creating Gantt Charts
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Creating a Gantt Chart
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Entering dates, tasks, and durations
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Adding rows and columns
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Configuring working time
Adding Background Pages
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Inserting headers and footers
Importing and Exporting to Excel
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One step data connectivity
Security
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Using IRM to safeguard your drawings