Microsoft Visio 2013 (with Challenge Exercises)

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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

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