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
