Prerequisites:  Windows  or equivalent knowledge.

Lesson 1: Learning Your Way Around Visio

• Overview
• Starting a New File
• The Interface
• Standard File Types
• Changing View Settings
• Panning Across the Page
• Navigating Pages
• Opening Additional Stencils
• Manipulating Stencils
• Selection Techniques
• Scaling and Resizing Objects

Lesson 2: Basic Techniques

• Drawing Tools Overview

• Drawing Closed Shapes

• Creating Open Shapes

• Reshaping with the Pencil Tool

• Drawing Compound Lines

• Drawing with Precision

• Using the Size and Position Window

• Duplicating Objects Quickly

• Aligning Objects

• Distributing Objects

• Quick Analysis of Connected Drawings

• Rotating Objects

Lesson 3: Creating a Basic Flow Diagram

• Flowcharting Tips

• Understanding Master Shapes

• Placing Shapes

• Adding Shapes with the Rubber Stamp Tool

• Connecting Shapes

• Using the Connector Tool

• The Connect Shapes Command

• Adjusting Connection Lines

• Connecting Shapes Automatically

• Basic Text Features

• Adding Text To Shapes

• Adding Text To Lines

• Adjusting and Rotating Text Blocks

• Formatting Basics, Text, Text Blocks, Shapes and Lines

• Adding a Background Shape

• Dynamic Connectors

Lesson 4: Cross-functional Flowcharting

• Quick Overview

• Setting the Layout

• Understanding Functional Bands

• Setting File Properties

• Page and Printer Setup

• Creating Background Pages

• Adding Fields

• Adding Text to the Layout

• Formatting the Functional Bands

• Creating Custom Colors

• Adding Separators

• Managing Functional Bands

• Adding Connection Points

• Adding Detail Pages

• Linking Diagrams

• Linking to Other Pages

• Creating an Off-Page Reference

• Creating Hyperlinks

• Linking to Multiple Files

Lesson 5: Creating Organizational Chartrs

• Overview

• Using the Page Layout Wizard

• Importing Graphics

• Creating the Organizational Chart

• Adjusting Shape Placement

• Creating Entire Groups

• Overriding the Layout

• Managing Detail

• Creating Synchronized Copies

• Custom Properties

• Organization Chart Wizard

• Using the Sample Spreadsheet

• Updating the Chart with the Wizard

• Printing Your Charts

Lesson 6: Creating Custom Stencils

• Creating Custom Stencils

• The Stencil Toolbar

• Creating New Shapes

• Adding Shapes to the Stencil

• Adding Imported Shapes

• Editing Master Shapes

• Saving the Stencil

• Using the Custom Stencil

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