Visio 2013 Intro / Intermediate

Visio 2013 Intro / Intermediate Course Information

One Day Course from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm

Target Audience & Purpose

Objectives

Visio is a specialised Drawing package which creates

professional Flowcharts, Organisation Charts, Floor
Plans and many other drawings. People who have been
attempting these things in Word or PowerPoint would
greatly benefit from this course.

By the end of this course participants should be able to:

Course Prerequisites
Participants should be competent users of Windows.

Course Inclusions

Create Shapes and Text

Group and Connect Shapes
Use Stencils
Assign Shapes to Layers
Add Data and create Reports
Work with Organization Charts
Gantt Charts
Cross Functional Flowcharts

Comprehensive learning materials incl. exercise files

Post course telephone support
Certificate of Attendance on completion of course
Light lunch plus morning & afternoon tea

Visio 2013 Intro / Intermediate Course Content

Getting to know Microsoft Visio
Create a New Drawing from a Template, The Visio Screen,
How Microsoft Visio 2010 Works, Use the Ribbon & Key
Tips, Minimise the Ribbon, Understand Backstage View,
Access Backstage View, Use Shortcut Menus, Understand
Dialog Boxes, Launch Dialog Boxes, Understand Quick
Access Toolbar, Add Commands to the QAT, Understand
Status Bar, Customise Status Bar, Save a New Drawing
Outputting Drawings
Working with Stencils
The Shapes Window, Quick Shapes, Create a Custom
Stencil, Open, Edit, Close A Stencil
Working with Shapes
Place Shapes from a Stencil, Select, Resize, Move,
Duplicate, Rotate & Flip Shapes, Order Shapes, Merge
Shapes to create new Shapes, Group & Ungroup Shapes,

Align & Distribute Shapes, Use Snap & Glue, Use the
Dynamic Grid
Formatting Shapes
Fill Shapes, Format Lines, Apply Shadows, Use the Format
Painter, Protect Shapes
Working with Connectors
Connect Shapes, Automatically add Connected Shapes,
Connect Existing, Insert & Delete Shapes, Add Text to
Connectors, Change Connectors, Work with Connection
Points, Format Connectors
Containers
Add, Format, Delete Containers, Add Shapes to a
Container

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Visio 2013 Intro / Intermediate

Working with Text
Add Text to Shapes, Format Text, Create Text Blocks, Align
Text, Create Bulleted Lists, Create Tables, Spell Check Text
Working with Pages
Insert & Name Pages, Change Page Order, Rotate & Delete
Pages, Apply a Background Style, Add Headers & Footers,
Insert a Logo, Assign a Background Page to other Pages,
Page Size & Orientation
Page Tools
Understand Page Tools, Zoom, Use The Pan & Zoom
Window, Display Grids & Rulers, Change Grids & Rulers,
Set Guides & Guide Points, Use Guides & Guide Points,
Work with Rulers, Change the Scale
Editing Pages
Copy, Cut & Paste Shapes, Copy a Drawing Page, Use Find
& Replace, Use Undo & Redo
Themes
Understand Themes, Apply a Theme, Create Custom
Theme Colours, Create Custom Theme Effects, Copy a
Custom Theme to another Draw, Delete Custom Themes
Outputting Drawings
Use Print Preview, Print Setup & Page Size Options, Fit a
Drawing to Printer Pages, Print a Drawing, Email Drawings

Organisation Charts
Create a Simple Organisation Chart, Add Multiple Shapes,
Convert a Shape, Change the Layout & Spacing of Shapes,
Create a Team, Change the Order of Shapes, Add a Title,
Add Shape Data, Create Shape Data Fields, Create Master
Shape Data Fields
Organisation Chart Data
Export Data, Create Charts from Spreadsheets, Compare
Versions, Create Synchronised Copies, Synchronise
Relationships
Calendars
Create a Calendar, Add Text to a Calendar, Add Art to
a Calendar, Add a Multi-day Event to a Calendar, Add a
Thumbnail Month, Change The Calendar Theme
Gantt Charts
Understand Gantt Charts, Gantt Chart Options, Create a
Gantt Chart, Complete Task Details, Create Subtasks, Link
& Unlink Tasks, Add & Delete Tasks, Add & Hide Columns
Format Task Bars, Navigate a Gantt Chart, Export from a
Gantt Chart, Import Data into a Gantt Chart, Print Gantt
Charts
Cross Functional Flowcharts
Understand & Create Cross Functional Flowcharts, Add
Swimlanes, Add Swimlane Labels, Phases & Shapes,
Adjust Swimlanes & Phases, Format Cross Functional
Charts

Forrest Training Pty Ltd - ABN 66 065 219 258 Level 7, 83 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
p: 02 9262 2284 | f: 02 9262 2286 | e: forrest@forresttraining.com.au | www.forresttraining.com.au