New Horizons Computer Learning Center
410-597-9722

Visio Professional 2003

Course Length: 2 Days

Overview:
In this course, students will learn fundamental skills while creating several types of diagrams using Microsoft Office Visio Professional; work with many advanced features, including using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing your Visio drawings with other applications.

Prerequisites:
Windows XP - Level 1
Windows XP - Level 2
Or equivalent knowledge

Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify the various types of drawings you can create using Visio and navigate in a Visio document
• Drag shapes from Visio stencils and resize, rotate, align, and transform them
• Increase your productivity with smart features, such as numbering shapes automatically, duplicating shapes quickly, and grouping and aligning
• Create a flowchart or a cross-functional flowchart
• Create an organization chart manually or generate one from a text file
• Create an office floor plan to scale
• Open and manipulate toolbars and stencil windows in the work area
• Change background settings to enhance specific drawings
• Use the drawing tools and Operation command features to create new custom shapes
• Integrate both simple and complex custom shapes in a drawing
• Create new masters in a stencil and edit masters
• Use the Document stencil to quickly take inventory of all the shapes used in a drawing
• Create a new custom template and use it to quickly create a drawing
• Create and use styles to quickly format multiple shapes in a drawing
• Use layers to organize and control shapes in a drawing
• Link a Visio drawing within a Microsoft Word document and update any changes
• Link shapes in a drawing to information contained in an external database
• Convert a drawing to a Web page
• Use several techniques for preparing a drawing for printing

Course Content

Lesson 1: An Overview of Visio

• Visio Documents
• Elements of the Visio Window
• Visio Navigation

Lesson 2: Basic Skills: Creating a Directional Map

• Using Stencils
• Saving Files
• Manipulating Shapes
• Adding Text
• Stacking Order

Lesson 3: Basic Diagram Skills

• Enhancing Productivity
• Managing Shapes
• Applying Styles

Lesson 4: Flowcharts

• Connecting Shapes
• Page Styles
• Cross-functional Flowcharts

Lesson 5: Organization Charts

• Creating an Organization Chart
• Organization Chart Data Wizard

Lesson 6: Floor Plan

• Creating an Office Layout
• Drawing Scale

Lesson 7: Customizing Visio

• Working with Toolbars
• Working with Windows

Lesson 8: Using the Drawing Tools

• Drawing Basics
• Advanced Drawing Techniques

Lesson 9: Custom Shapes

• Using Custom Shapes
• Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing

Lesson 10: Advanced Stencil Techniques

• Custom Stencils
• Customizing Stencil Masters
• The Document Stencil

Lesson 11: Templates, Styles, and Layers

• Working with Templates
• Formatting and Linking Shapes
• Layers

Lesson 12: Sharing Your Work

• Object Linking and Embedding
• Working with External Data
• Creating HTML Documents
• Printing Techniques

6940 Tudsbury Road, Baltimore, MD 21244
P: 410-597-9722
www.nhbaltimore.com