Microsoft Visio in Detail

Microsoft Visio in Detail

This course covers all the basic concepts used within Microsoft Visio.  The first section introduces the basic techniques that will assist you in engaging with the vast array of templates available in Visio.  Once you have mastered the basic steps, the course steps through some of the more common templates and explains how they work and what the differences are.  There are practise exercises after each section that should be completed before you watch the next section.  It is a good idea to try an recreate each example as you go along.

Course content is listed here:

Basic shapes and connectors, using layers, layer properties, containers, shpae numbering and locking layers

Flowcharts, using shape data, adding shape data, linking sheets

Organisational Charts, synchronise shapes, off page references, shape data

Project schedule

Timeline

Gantt charts, update tasks, add columns, shape data and linking tasks

Pivot Diagrams, add nodes, change data layout

Floor plans, office plans, garden plan, kitchen plan

Maps and charts

Reports into Excel, create your own reports

Linking to Excel and from Excel

Customising shapes, searching for shapes and adding stencils from other diagrams

Creating your own stencil and shapes

Using data graphics, linking external data with data graphics

Using the document stencil to customise shapes

Using the developer tab to lock and unlock shapes

How to get the best out of Microsoft Visio

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What you will learn

• Create flowcharts with links to other pages, add a cross functional flowchart. Create a critical path diagram. Add workflow diagram
• Use basic shapes and add your own shapes to a stencil. Create your own stencils and use layers
• Use the project scheduling tools to create a Gantt chart, timeline or a PERT diagram

Rating: 4.375

Level: All Levels

Duration: 7 hours

Instructor: Stephen Saxton