Visio Advanced

Overview Microsoft® Visio® stands out among similar applications because of its unique ability to draw a wide variety of diagrams, flowcharts, workflows, and organization structures—anything that can be represented by shapes connected by lines. Most importantly, these shapes can be rearranged and with corresponding lines remaining intact. Visio has improved over the years as features common among Microsoft® Office applications have been added. Today, Visio is well integrated with other members of the Office family as well as Microsoft's cloud-based services. This greatly enriches the sharing and publishing of Visio drawings. _ In Visio® Introduction, you learned the basic skills needed to create and modify various Visio drawings. In Visio® Advanced, you will learn about more advanced features—making you a more efficient and effective Visio user. Course Objectives In this course, you will examine advanced features to make you more efficient and effective. You will: • Design advanced plans and diagrams. • Enhance the look of drawings. • Create shapes, stencils, and templates. • Connect drawings to external data. • Leverage development tools. • Share drawings. Target Student The target student for this course is a graphic designer, subject matter specialist, or other knowledge worker with basic Microsoft Visio skills (such as creating basic workflows and other diagrams) who need to use Visio to create complex graphics and illustrations (such as floor plans, custom maps, and scientific illustrations) that may be linked to external data sources and may be inserted into other Microsoft Office files. Prerequisites To ensure your success in this course, you should have the ability to create basic workflows and other common diagram types in Visio. You can obtain this level of knowledge and skills by taking ` Visio® Introduction . *** NOTE: This class also available in our On-Demand, eLearning Format *** Unable to take time off to attend our instructor-led class? Learn at your own pace and in your own time with ` Visio On-Demand: Visio Advanced Course .
COURSE OUTLINE Lesson 1: Designing Advanced Plans and Diagrams Topic A: Build Advanced Plans Topic B: Build Advanced Diagrams Lesson 2: Enhancing the Look of Drawings Topic A: Use 3-D Shapes Topic B: Work with Shape Styles Topic C: Define Shape Styles Topic D: Apply Backgrounds, Borders, and Titles Lesson 3: Creating Custom Shapes, Stencils, and Templates Topic A: Create Simple Custom Shapes Topic B: Create Custom Stencils Topic C: Create Custom Templates Lesson 4: Connecting Drawings to External Data Topic A: Make an Organization Chart from an Excel Spreadsheet Topic B: Generate a PivotDiagram from an Excel Spreadsheet Topic C: Create a Gantt Chart from a Project File Topic D: Create a Timeline from a Project File Topic E: Connect a Map to an Access Database Lesson 5: Leveraging Development Tools Topic A: Create Macros Topic B: Modify ShapeSheets Topic C: Build Advanced Shapes Lesson 6: Sharing Drawings Topic A: Save and Share Drawings with OneDrive Topic B: Review Drawings Topic C: Insert Drawings into Other Office Files Topic D: Export Drawings Topic E: Print Drawings Appendix A: Using Diagram Standards