Microsoft Visio 2013 (with Challenge Exercises) LoanNew
The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft Visio 2013 - (with Challenge Exercises) are sufficient to be able to create real-world drawings using the many shapes, stencils and templates provided with the software.
Anyone who wants to know more about the functionality of Visio 2013.
Microsoft Visio 2013 - (with Challenge Exercises) assumes little or no knowledge of the software. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment.
Getting To Know Visio 2013
- Starting Visio In Windows 8
- Understanding The Start Screen
- Creating A New Drawing From A Template
- The Visio Screen
- How Microsoft Visio 2013 Works
- Using The Ribbon
- Minimising The Ribbon
- Understanding The Backstage View
- Accessing The Backstage View
- Using Shortcut Menus
- Understanding Dialog Boxes
- Launching Dialog Boxes
- Understanding The Quick Access Toolbar
- Adding Commands To The QAT
- Understanding The Status Bar
- Customising The Status Bar
- Saving A New Drawing
- Exiting Safely From Visio
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Workspace
Working With Stencils
- Understanding Stencils
- The Shapes Window
- Quick Shapes
- Using Quick Shapes
- Creating A Custom Stencil
- Opening A Stencil
- Editing A Stencil
- Closing A Stencil
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Working With Shapes
- Placing Shapes From A Stencil
- Selecting Shapes
- Resizing Shapes
- Moving Shapes
- Copying, Cutting And Pasting Shapes
- Duplicating Shapes
- Rotating And Flipping Shapes
- Ordering Shapes
- Merging Shapes To Create New Shapes
- Grouping And Ungrouping Shapes
- Aligning Shapes
- Aligning Shapes Using The Dynamic Grid
- Distributing Shapes
- Changing Shapes
- Using Snap And Glue
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Data
Formatting Shapes
- Applying Quick Styles
- Formatting The Fill
- Formatting Lines
- Applying Effects
- Using The Format Painter
- Using Undo And Redo
- Protecting Shapes
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Working With Connectors
- Connecting Shapes
- Automatically Adding Connected Shapes
- Connecting Existing Shapes
- Inserting And Deleting Shapes
- Adding Text To Connectors
- Changing Connectors
- Working With Connection Points
- Formatting Connectors
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Containers
- Adding Containers
- Adding Shapes To A Container
- Formatting Containers
- Deleting Containers
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Working With Text
- Adding Text To Shapes
- Formatting Text
- Adding Text To The Page
- Editing Text
- Using Find And Replace
- Aligning Text
- Moving Text
- Creating Bulleted Lists
- Creating Tables
- Spell Checking Text
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Working With Pages
- Inserting Pages
- Naming Pages
- Duplicating Pages
- Changing Page Order
- Deleting Pages
- Applying A Background Style
- Adding Headers And Footers
- Inserting A Logo
- Assigning A Background Page To Other Pages
- Page Size And Orientation
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Page Tools
- Understanding Page Tools
- Zooming
- Panning
- Using The Pan & Zoom Window
- Displaying Grids And Rulers
- Changing Grids And Rulers
- Setting Guides And Guide Points
- Using Guides And Guide Points
- Working With Rulers
- Changing The Scale
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Themes
- Understanding Themes
- Applying A Theme
- Applying A Theme Variant
- Highlighting Shapes With Quick Styles
- Embellishing Shapes
- Creating A Custom Theme
- Creating Custom Theme Colours
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Working Collaboratively
- Adding Comments
- Working With Comments
- Using The Comments Pane
- Commenting With Ink
- Co-authoring Drawings
- Saving To SkyDrive
- Sharing Drawings
- Opening Shared Drawings
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Outputting Drawings
- Using Print Preview
- Fitting A Drawing To Printer Pages
- Printing A Drawing
- Emailing Drawings
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Workspace
Organisation Charts
- Creating An Organisation Chart From Scratch
- Adding Multiple Shapes
- Changing A Position Type
- Changing The Layout Of Shapes
- Changing The Spacing Of Shapes
- Creating A Team
- Changing The Order Of Shapes
- Adding A Title
- Inserting Pictures
- Formatting An Organisation Chart
- Adding Shape Data
- Creating Shape Data Fields
- Creating A Custom Shape And Stencil
- Creating Master Shape Data Fields
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Data
Organisation Chart Data
- Creating An Org Chart From Employee Data
- Creating An Org Chart From A New Data File
- Adding Employee Data
- Exporting Data
- Comparing Versions
- Creating Synchronised Copies
- Synchronising Subordinates
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Calendars
- Creating A Calendar
- Adding Appointments To A Calendar
- Adding A Multi-day Event To A Calendar
- Adding Text To A Calendar
- Adding Art To A Calendar
- Adding A Thumbnail Month
- Formatting Calendars
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
Gantt Charts
- Understanding Gantt Charts
- Understanding Gantt Chart Options
- Creating A Gantt Chart
- Entering Task Details
- Creating Subtasks
- Linking And Unlinking Tasks
- Adding And Deleting Tasks
- Adding Milestones
- Adding And Hiding Columns
- Navigating A Gantt Chart
- Formatting Task Bars
- Managing The Timescale
- Exporting From A Gantt Chart
- Importing Data Into A Gantt Chart
- Printing Gantt Charts
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Data
Cross Functional Flowcharts
- Understanding Cross Functional Flowcharts
- Creating A Cross Functional Flowchart
- Adding Swimlanes
- Adding Swimlane Labels
- Adding Phases
- Adding Shapes
- Adjusting Swimlanes And Phases
- Formatting Cross Functional Charts
- Practice Exercise
- Practice Exercise Sample
At the completion of this course you should be able to:
- work with the basic features of Visio
- open, create and work with stencils
- work with shapes
- format shapes
- join shapes using connectors
- create and modify containers
- work with text
- create and work with pages in a drawing
- work with page tools
- apply, modify and work with themes
- add and work with comments and understand co-authoring
- print, email and export drawings
- create simple organisational charts
- work with organisation chart data
- create and modify calendars
- create and work with Gantt charts
- create and work with cross functional flowcharts
Watsonia workbook with 194 topics. Files for the exercises are provided on a CD or can be downloaded here
Windows with Visio 2013
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