Newcastle Computer Training

Learn how to create complex or technical diagrams  such as flowcharts, business diagrams, office floor plans,

organisation charts, using shapes from stencils and adding text.

Versions: 2010 * 2013 * 2016 * 2019


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

VISIO ALL IN ONE