Microsoft Visio 2003

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Microsoft Visio 2003

1 Day Course

Overview

The skills and knowledge covered in this course are sufficient to create real-world drawings using shapes, stencil connectors, pages, formatting options, grids, styles, and the printing features of Microsoft Visio 2003.

Target Audience

This course is primarily designed for people who need to know how to use Microsoft Visio 2003 to create a range of diagrams and drawings such as flowcharts, business diagrams, office floorplans, organisation charts, and the like.

Objectives

At the completion of this Microsoft Visio 2003 course you should be able to:

• understand what Visio is used for and how to start and close Visio

• work with shapes

• work with text

• connect shapes using connector lines

• work with page tools

• change the size and position of shapes

• apply a range of formats to shapes

• work with multiple page drawings

• use styles to store and apply formatting attributes

• use print preview and print drawings

Course Outline

Visio 2003 Essentials

· Starting Microsoft Visio 2003

· Creating A Blank Drawing From A

· Template

· The Microsoft Visio 2003 Screen

· The Menu Bar

· Using Menu Commands

· Using Keyboard Shortcuts

· Using The Toolbars

· ScreenTips

· Opening Stencils

· Working With Stencils

· Saving A New Drawing

· Exiting From Visio

Shapes

· Placing Shapes From Stencils

· Stamping Shapes

· Selecting Shapes

· Moving Shapes

· Duplicating Shapes

· Aligning Shapes

· Distributing Shapes

· Grouping Shapes

Page Tools·

· Page Tools Reference

· Zooming

· The Pan & Zoom Window

· Displaying Grids And Rulers

· Changing Grids And Rulers

· Using Guides And Guide Points

· Working With Rulers

· Changing The Scaling

· The Drawing Explorer

Formatting Connector Lines

· Manipulating Connector Lines

· Changing Connector Line Direction

· Adding Text To Connector Lines

· Connecting Selected Shapes

· Connecting Shapes Automatically

· Connecting Shapes Manually

· Connecting Shapes

· Getting Connected

· Spell Checking Text

· Aligning Text

· Creating A Text Block

· Creating A Heading

· Selecting And Editing Text

· Formatting Text In Shapes

· Adding Text To Shapes

· Working With Text

Size and Position

· Resizing Shapes Manually

· Resizing Shapes Precisely

· Changing Shape Proportions

· Using Snap And Glue

· Positioning A Shape Precisely

· Rotating Shapes Precisely

· Free Rotating

· Flipping Shapes

· Changing The Order Of Shapes

Formatting Shapes

· Formatting With The Menu

· Formatting With The Toolbars

· Using The Format Painter

· Adding Shadows To Shapes

· Protecting Shapes

Working With Pages

· Naming Pages

· Inserting Pages

· Navigating Through Pages

· Changing Page Order

· Page Orientation

· Rotating Pages

· Setting A Background

· Centring Content On A Page

· Deleting Pages

Styles

· Styles Explained

· Redefining Existing Styles

· Modifying The Connector Style

· Defining A New Style

· Applying A Style

· Basing One Style On Another Style

· Partial Styles

· Deleting Styles

Printing

· Using Print Preview

· Creating Headers and Footers

· Print Setup Options

· Printing Options

· Changing Page Size

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