Description
In this course, you will :
- Explore the interface and demonstrates how to create and connect diagrams, add objects, and format shapes, pictures, text, and other elements.
- With Visio 2016, concentrate on creating specific diagrams such as org charts, brainstorming diagrams, timelines, calendars, floor plans, and wireframes.
- This course will teach you how to use Visio 2016, Microsoft's powerful diagramming software.
Syllabus :
1. Get Started with Visio 2016
- What is Visio 2016?
- Get started and tour the UI
- Open files and adjust the UI
- Modify the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
- Select view options
2. Create Connected Diagrams
- Use SmartShapes from a stencil
- Arrange the top four SmartShapes on a stencil
- Connect shapes manually
- Insert and delete connected SmartShapes
- Organize SmartShapes with Auto Align & Space
- Rearrange connected diagrams with Re-Layout Page
3. Add Additional Objects to Diagrams
- Insert text-related objects
- Insert foreground and background pages
- Insert graphics
- Insert containers and callouts
- Insert hyperlinks
4. Format Objects and Text
- Using themes
- Format text
- Format shape fills
- Format shape lines
5. Show and Hide Visual Elements
- Show and hide rulers, grids, guides, and page breaks
- Use visual aids and Snap & Glue settings
- Show and hide task panes
- Work with windows in Visio
6. Publish Diagrams to Various Outputs
- Print diagrams
- Publish a diagram to PDF
- Save diagrams to JPG or GIF files
- Save diagrams to the web using HTML
7. Work with Layers
- How adding SmartShapes can create layers
- Create, remove, and assign to layers
- Manage layer settings
8. Work with Themes
- The difference between themes and styles
- Apply themes, colors, and effects
- Block themes from SmartShapes
- Create custom theme colors
9. Create Organizational Charts
- Insert a top-level exec SmartShape
- Add manager sub-shapes
- Add other sub-shapes
- Define alternate layouts for subordinates
- Reorder team members
- Add team frames to a diagram
- Create dotted line report indicators
- Use multiple and three-position SmartShapes
- Add employee pictures
- Use synchronized copies to break down structure
- Expand and collapse reporting structure views
- Import data with the Org Chart Wizard
- Publish organizational charts
10. Create Brainstorming Diagrams
- Understanding brainstorming diagram structure
- Add sub-topics
- Edit topic text and placement
- Edit topics in the outline window
- Customize topic shape design
- Change diagram style and layout
- Send data to Microsoft Word
- Send data to Microsoft Excel
11. Create Timelines
- Add and configure a timeline shape
- Add milestones to a timeline
- Deal with text collisions
- Add intervals to a timeline
- Add markers and indicators to a timeline
- Create and adjust the expanded timeline
- Format timelines
- Share your timeline in the cloud
12. Create Calendars
- Create a monthly calendar
- Add appointments and events
- Customize the calendar
- Add additional months
- Create other calendars
- Import calendar data from Microsoft Outlook
13. Work with Floorplan Diagrams
- Create a floorplan diagram
- Set the drawing scale
- Create the floorplan shell
- Add other structural elements
- Add dimensions
- Add furniture
- Add a title and other information
14. Use Wireframes to Create Prototype Diagrams
- Explore wireframe diagram stencils
- Add dialog elements and other controls
- List shapes used in a diagram