Microsoft Visio – Foundation

Course structure

Introduction

• Visio interface description
• Inserting a drawing

Working with shapes

• Using grab points
• Selecting shapes
• Moving shapes
• Working with a group
• Rotating and flipping
• Duplicating shapes
• Searching shapes in libraries

Formatting shapes

• Formatting lines, filling and shadows
• Format copying
• Formatting more shapes at once
• Using custom line and fill patterns

Working with connectors

• Creating and editing of connectors
• Crossing of connectors
• Working with automatic connectors

Working with text

• Inserting a text into drawings and shapes
• Editing a text
• Formatting a text

Printing of shapes and drawings

• Print preview
• Print zoom of printed drawing
• Printing of selected shapes and pages
• Page header and footer

Integrating Visio data into other documents

• Inserting shapes and drawing
• Linking objects
• Export
• Sending via e-mail

Pivot diagram

Document styles and patterns

• Using styles
• Creating and editing styles
• Copying styles among drawings
• Creating new document patterns

Itemization of shapes into layers

• Using layers
• Creating, deleting and renaming layers
• Assigning shapes to layers
• Using a layer

Automatic repositioning of shapes

• Setting style and depth
• Setting spaces among shapes

Precise drawing

• Gluing of shapes
• Creating guides and guiding points
• Exact setting of size and position of shapes
• Reading of size and setting a rule

Shape and file protection

• Protecting shapes from changes by locking
• Saving file as read only file

Drawing and editing of shapes

• Creating shapes by composing items
• Editing shapes
• Saving created shapes into libraries

Creating and saving drawings

• Viewing and hiding toolbars and windows
• Working with pages
• Creating multi page drawings
• Using background pages