Visio 2000 - introduction/intermediate

course description
this hands-on course is suitable for users who need to gain a good working knowledge of visio 2000. the practical exercises cover a variety of flow diagrams and organisation charts.

target audience
new or inexperienced users of visio, no prior knowledge of visio is assumed.

at course completion
after completing this course, participants will be able to:

• position and manipulate shapes, lines and text
• create a variety of flow diagrams and organisation charts
• set page formatting options
• use styles
• drawing with layers
• work with visio and the world wide web

prerequisites
to fully benefit from this course, participants are expected to be familiar with windows 95, 98 nt, or 2000. prior experience with word or powerpoint is desirable.

related courses
windows 9598, 2000 or nt primer
tailored training is available

topics

working with visio 2000-starting visio; about visio solutions; visio 2000 standard screen layout; wizards; starting a drawing; menus; undo a command; dialogue boxes; shortcut menus; standard toolbar; exit from visio 2000 standard; context specific help; the help menu; the drawing explorer

file management-save drawings; close drawings; open drawings; find files

working with shapes-place shapes; resize shapes; move shapes; copy shapes; use the stamp tool; arrange shapes; distribute shapes; group shapes, join and break shapes

using the drawing tools-using visio drawing tools; rotate and flip shapes; formatting shapes; change the z-order of shapes; add colour

working with stencils and text-docked and floating stencils; connect shapes; dynamic glue; add and edit text; add text to drawings; zoom in and out; panning

using styles

multiple page diagrams-insert new pages; delete pages; rename pages; reorder pages; link shapes; background pages

finishing a diagram-spell check a page; insert fields; use print preview; print a diagram

drawing with layers-create an office layout; colour layers; display and hide layers; lock layers; print layers; place shapes on layers

customising-edit stencils; edit a master shape; create and edit templates; customise toolbars.