Course Description

You will learn about more advanced features, making you a more efficient and effective Visio user. You will create custom elements and a custom template, represent external data as a drawing, and share your work with others.

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• Enhance the look of drawings
• Create shapes, stencils, and templates
• Connect drawings to external data
• Leverage development tools
• Share drawings
• Use diagram standards (optional)

Pre-requisites

• An understanding of 2D drawing applications and design concepts
• Use basic stencils
• Manipulate, align and layer graphic objects
• Select, move, group and resize shapes
• Create and format text
• An awareness of flowcharts and connectors

Course Content

Enhancing the Look of Drawings

• Create a Microsoft Account and Sign in to Visio
• Work with Shape Styles
• Use 3D Shapes
• Apply Backgrounds, Borders, and Titles
• Define Shape Styles

Creating Shapes, Stencils, and Templates

• Create Simple Custom Shapes
• Create Custom Stencils
• Create Custom Templates

Connecting Drawings to External Data

• Make an Organisation Chart from an Excel Spreadsheet
• Generate a Pivot Diagram from an Excel Spreadsheet
• Create a Gantt Chart from a Project File
• Create a Timeline from a Project File
• Connect a Map to an Access Database

Leveraging Development Tools

• Create Macros
• Modify ShapeSheets
• Build Advanced Shapes

Sharing Drawings

• Save and Share Drawings with OneDrive
• Review Drawings
• Insert Drawings into Other Office Files
• Export Drawings
• Print Drawings