Microsoft Visio Level 1

Microsoft Visio Level 1 – Course Outline

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About This Course

With Visio, you can create a variety of complex diagrams that are dynamic and data-driven.  For example, you can create objects such as organisational charts, floor plans, circuit diagrams, network diagrams and Website maps.  These diagrams can be used in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

 

Target Audience

This course is designed for people who have an understanding of drawing applications and design concepts.

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At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

 

• Understand the layout and functionality of Microsoft Visio

• Work with basic shapes, lines and objects

• Plan and create a diagram

• Work with text and organisation charts

• Format drawings and shapes

• Work with pages

• Understand Networks and brainstorming diagrams

• Customise and create reports

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Course Content

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Unit 1 – Getting Started

• Explore the Visio Interface

• Windows, Stencils and Objects

 

Unit 2 – Drawing Tools

• Basic Shapes and Lines

• Compound Lines

• Editing Objects

 

Unit 3 – Basic Diagrams

• Planning a Diagram

• Creating a Basic Diagram

• Working with Text

• Organisation Charts

 

Unit 4 – Formatting Drawings

• Formatting Text

• Formatting Shapes and Lines

 

Unit 5 – Working with Pages

• File and Print Properties

• Working with background Pages

• Working with Links

 

Unit 6 – Networking and Brainstorming Diagrams

• Network Diagrams

• Rack Diagrams

• Brainstorming Diagrams

 

Unit 7 – Customising and Reporting

• Layout and Connection Techniques

• Shape Properties

• Reporting

 

 

Course duration: one day