Microsoft IT Academy: Course 10402: What's New in Microsoft Visio 2010

Online

This one-hour course describes the new and improved features in Microsoft Visio 2010 that help you easily create and manage diagrams.

• All current Cambridge University members (departments and colleges)
• Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available

Home and Office users taking this course should be familiar with Microsoft Office Visio 2003 or Microsoft Office Visio 2007. Learners should complete Course 4697: Introduction to the New Microsoft® Office Fluent™ User Interface before taking this course.

• The Ribbon, Backstage View, and Status Bar
• Customize the Ribbon
• New and Improved Templates
• Interactive Enhancements
• The Shapes Window
• Improved Tools and Features
• Insert Pages and Define Setup
• Create Subprocesses
• Containers and Lists
• Enhance and Validate Diagrams
• Connect to Data Sources
• Data Graphics
• View Data Linked to Shape or Diagram
• Save and Publish Diagrams
• Publish Diagrams on the Web
• Visual Mash-ups in SharePoint

• Describe the new and improved features of the Visio 2010 environment.
• Explain how to create, enhance, and manage diagrams using the new and improved features and tools in Visio 2010.
• Describe how to connect to multiple data sources and publish diagrams on the Web.

Self-taught online

To view this course, you need:

• A Pentium II, 256 MB RAM with a processor speed greater than or equal to 400 MHZ
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or higher
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Macromedia Flash 7.0 or higher (1MB disk space needed to install)
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher
• Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 or higher
• A Super VGA monitor with minimum screen resolution 1024x768, with 16-bit color.
• A sound card, and either speakers or headphones (for multi-media audio).
• Internet bandwidth of 56K or faster. Broadband internet access is recommended.

For courses containing Virtual Server-based labs (courses in the IT Professional and Developer Catalog), you will need:

• Microsoft Virtual Server ActiveX control (1MB disk space needed to install)

The following software must be running on your computer in order to access this course with Screen Reader Software:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Window-Eyes from GW Micro
• JAWS from Freedom Scientific
• MSAA enabled

How to Enrol

• Email us: training@ucs.cam.ac.uk
• Telephone courses: (01223 3)34662

Important Information:

• To view this course you will need a Microsoft Live ID or Hotmail email account and to view the materials you will need to login and access the courses with Microsoft’s Explorer web browser (other browser systems may experience problems).