TOUR OF VISIO

• Creating a new drawing from a template
• The Visio interface
• Using the ribbon
• Using Backstage view
• Launching dialog boxes
• Adding commands to the QAT
• Saving a new drawing

WORKING WITH STENCILS

The Shapes window

Quick shapes

• Creating a custom stencil
• Opening, editing and closing a stencil

WORKING WITH SHAPES

• Placing shapes from a stencil
• Selecting shapes
• Moving, resizing and duplicating shapes
• Rotating and flipping shapes
• Ordering shapes
• Merging shapes
• Grouping and ungrouping shapes
• Aligning and distributing shapes
• Using the dynamic grid

FORMATTING SHAPES

• Filling shapes
• Formatting lines
• Applying shadows
• Using the Format Painter
• Protecting shapes
• Checking spelling

WORKING WITH CONNECTORS

• Connecting shapes
• Adding text to connectors
• Changing connectors
• Formatting connectors

CONTAINERS

• Adding containers
• Adding shapes to a container
• Formatting containers
• Deleting containers

WORKING WITH TEXT

• Adding text to shapes
• Formatting text
• Creating text blocks
• Aligning text
• Creating bulleted lists
• Creating tables
• Checking spelling

WORKING WITH PAGES

• Inserting pages
• Naming pages
• Reordering pages
• Deleting pages
• Applying a background
• Adding headers and footers
• Assigning a background page to other pages
• Page size and orientation

PAGE TOOLS

• Using the pan and zoom window
• Displaying grids and rulers
• Using guides and guide points
• Sorting and filtering merge data
• Changing the scale

EDITING PAGES

• Copying, cutting and pasting shapes
• Copying a drawing page
• Using Find and Replace
• Formatting lines
• Ordering objects
• Grouping objects
• Using Building Blocks

OUTPUTTING DRAWINGS

• Using Print Preview
• Page Setup options
• Fitting a drawing to printer pages
• Printing a drawing
• Emailing a drawing

ORGANISATION CHARTS

Creating an organisation chart

• Adding multiple shapes
• Changing layout and spacing of shapes
• Adding shape data
• Creating shape data fields
• Creating charts from Excel data

GANTT CHARTS

• Creating a Gantt chart
• Completing task details
• Creating subtasks
• Linking and unlinking tasks
• Adding and deleting tasks
• Adding and hiding columns
• Formatting task bars
• Exporting from a Gantt chart
• Importing data into a Gantt chart
• Printing Gantt charts