Microsoft Visio 2003 Training

Microsoft Visio 2003 Training Course
Visio 2003 is a diagramming program that can help you create business and technical diagrams that document and organize complex ideas, processes, and systems. Diagrams created in Visio 2003 enable you to visualize and communicate information clearly, concisely, and effectively in ways that text and numbers cannot.
Visio 2003 also automates data visualization by synchronizing directly with data sources to provide up-to-date diagrams, and it can be customized to meet the needs of your organization.
Skills Gained:
Introduction to MS Visio 2003:

• Create, save and close a file and navigate in Visio's work environment.
• Draw and manipulate objects.
• Create flowcharts and organisation charts.
• Use formatting options and dynamic connectors.
• Create and print network diagrams.
• Use advanced layout techniques, create and work with custom properties, and work with reports

Advanced MS Visio 2003 :

• Create, assign, and customise layers; modify the drawing scales; and add and modify dimension lines.
• Create complex shapes, create and edit formulas and functions by using special drawing operations, add a predefined action and custom shape behaviour to a shape, specify a behaviour for double-click action, and create custom stencils.
• Create block diagrams, flowcharts, organisation charts, and project management diagrams.
• Create and customise a detailed network diagram, generate a report on network data, generate a Web site map and a report of Web site links.
• Create a program window and system diagram, create a database model diagram, and reverse engineer a table from an existing database.
• Create and assign a background page, create and apply styles, create a custom template, and create a drawing based on a custom template.
• Integrate Visio drawings with other programs, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Outlook and work with Web-enabling features

Duration:1 day. Microsoft Visio Course Contents
The following represents a typical breakdown of our Microsoft Visio course, however we can tailor all our courses to specific requirements as required.
Introduction to Microsoft Visio

• Exploring the Visio environment
  Visio basics · Navigating in Visio · Stencil overview · Working with objects
• Drawing tools
  Drawing objects · Additional drawing techniques · Editing objects
• Creating basic diagrams
  Planning your diagram · Master shapes · Connecting shapes · Dynamic connectors · An introduction to text features · Organisation charts
• Formatting drawings
  Formatting basics · Formatting text blocks · Formatting shapes and lines
• Working with pages
  Creating and setting up a new drawing · Working with background pages · Working with links
• Creating network and brainstorming diagrams
  Network diagramming · Rack and directory service diagrams
• An introduction to advanced features
  Advanced layout and connection techniques · Custom properties · Reporting

Advanced Microsoft Visio

• Creating technical layouts
  Layers · Drawing scales · Precision techniques · Dimensioning
• Advanced custom shape design
  Special drawing operations · Shape behaviour and events · Custom stencils
• Business diagrams
  Block diagrams · Flowcharts · Organisation charts · Project management diagrams
• Network diagrams and website mapping
  Detailed network diagrams · Web site maps
• Software and database diagrams
  Documenting software systems · Database model diagrams
• Templates
  Templates and styles · Custom templates
• Integrating Visio with other programs
  Integration with Microsoft Word · Integration with PowerPoint presentations · Integration with Microsoft Outlook · Working with Web-enabling features