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Microsoft Visio
Short course
In Horsham ()
Description
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Type
Short course
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Duration
1 Day
This course is aimed at those who need to create diagrams for their business processes and information systems. Through using Visio, you can easily visualise and enhance your process planning or information technology infrastructure. This is a hands-on course where the morning session concentrates on learning basic Visio skills and the afternoon session is used. Suitable for: IT Project Managers, Network Managers, IT Consultants, Software Developers, Systems Analysts and anyone who needs to design processes.
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Course programme
This course is aimed at those who need to create diagrams for their business processes and information systems. Through using Visio, you can easily visualise and enhance your process planning or information technology infrastructure. This is a hands-on course where the morning session concentrates on learning basic Visio skills and the afternoon session is used to create simple and more complex Visio drawings.
Course objectives
This course is designed to give users a basic understanding of the main concepts behind Visio. Delegates will learn how they can use Visio for process planning to facilitate the analysis of current processes and design better ones.
By the end of this course you will have learned
The basic components that comprise Visio; how to use stencils: how to use templates; how to work with shapes; how to create customised shapes; how to format shapes; how to layout drawings: how to work with connectors; how to work with text; how to print; how to layer drawings.
Who should attend
IT Project Managers, Network Managers, IT Consultants, Software Developers, Systems Analysts and anyone who needs to design processes.
Pre-requisites
Delegates must have good general PC skills.
Course synopsis
- Introduction to Visio
The Visio screen; displaying and adding stencils; using templates; creating and saving drawings - Working with shapes
Finding shapes on stencils; resizing and reshaping shapes; moving shapes; rotate, flip and reverse; duplicating; formatting shapes; working with smart shapes; 1-D and 2-D shapes - Creating customised shapes
Creating your own shapes; drawing shapes; merging shapes; parallel lines and curves - Working with connectors
Create and edit connected drawings; using glue to maintain connections; adding connectors to drawings; connectors - Working with text
Adding text to shapes and drawings; cut, copy and paste text; formatting text; changing alignment of text; changing background colour; numbered and bulleted lists - Laying out
Position shapes precisely; snapping shapes to grid; creating guides; setting ruler units; sizing shapes; aligning and distributing, scaling drawings - Printing
Previewing; changing orientation, changing paper size and margins; printing headers and footers; printing page numbers - Layering
Creating layers; removing and renaming layers; using backgrounds; assigning shapes to layers; making a layer active
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