• To create an effective multi-page process flow diagram to be viewed in a Browser or as an Image.

• Identify the various types of drawings you can create using Visio
• Drag shapes from Visio stencils and resize, rotate, align, and transform them
• Create your own shapes
• Create a flowchart with connectors across multiple pages
• Save to view in a Web Browser

Overview of Microsoft Visio - Create a new file - Change View settings - Navigation around Visio - Additional Stencils - Techniques for selection - Scaling and resizing objects

 

Using Visio - Drawing tools - Create closed shapes - Create open shapes - Draw compound lines - Precision drawing - Duplicate objects - Align objects perfectly - Distributing objects perfectly - Connect shapes - Rotating objects

 

Create a basic Flow diagram - Flow chart tips - Understanding master shapes - Placing shapes - Connecting shapes - Text features - Add text to shapes - Adjusting text blocks - Format text/text blocks - Use the Format Painter - Format lines - Use Dynamic Connectors

 

Using templates - Save as a template - Open a template to edit

 

Manage Foreground/Background pages - Create background pages - Editing a background - Create foreground pages - Assign pages to backgrounds

 

Print Flow diagrams - Print options

 

Manage Object Properties - Edit object properties - Copy object properties

 

Manage Hyperlinks - Create a hyperlink between shapes - Create a hyperlink across pages - Create an external hyperlink

 

Saving Visio Files - Save as a Visio file - Save as a HTML file - Save as a GIF/JPG

 

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