RMD Business Visio 2007 Complete Syllabus

This course is designed for delegates who have little or no experience of Microsoft Visio 2007 and want to learn how to use it effectively.

If the course syllabus does not entirely match your requirements, please contact us as we are able to customise it to your needs.

This course has a duration of 1 day.

Getting Started

Starting Out

What is Microsoft Visio?

Visio Standard vs. Visio Professional

What's New in Visio 2007?

Opening Microsoft Visio

Interface Overview

Closing Microsoft Visio

Interacting with Visio

Using Visio's Menus

Using the Standard Toolbar

Using the Formatting Toolbar

Moving Toolbars

Hiding and Showing Toolbars

Using the Status Bar

Working with Files

Saving Files

Opening Files

Switching Between Open Files

Closing Drawings

Closing Visio

Creating a Drawing from the Getting Started Window

Choosing a Drawing Type

Choosing a Template

Customising a Template

Searching for Templates

Opening a Recent Drawing

Getting Help in Visio

Using the Help Menu

Using the Help Screen

Using the Ask A Question Box

Getting Help in a Dialog Box

Creating A Basic Drawing

Using the Shapes Task Pane

Understanding the Shapes Pane

Adding Backgrounds

Adding Borders and Titles

Adding Shapes

Basic Editing Commands

Selecting Shapes

Using Cut, Copy and Paste

Using Undo and Redo

Resizing Shapes

Moving Shapes

Duplicating Shapes

Formatting Shapes

Changing Line Style

Changing Fill Colour

Modifying Corner Rounding

Adding Shadows

Using a Theme

Using the Format Painter

Adding Text

Using the Text Box Tool

Using the Text Block Tool

Typing and Editing Text

Inserting Symbols

Formatting Text

Adding Basic Effects

Changing Text Colour

Changing Font Type and Size

Aligning Text

Working With Pages

Adding Pages

Switching Between Open Pages

Removing Pages

Using Page Setup

Doing More With Your Drawing

Other Ways to Add Shapes

Using the File menu

Using the Standard Toolbar

Using the Drawing Tools toolbar

Adding Shape ScreenTips

Working With Shapes

Grouping Shapes

Layering Shapes

Rotating or Flipping Shapes

Aligning and Distributing Shapes

Using Snap and Glue

Advanced Shapes Tasks

Connecting Shapes

Configuring the Layout

Using the Re-Layout Command

Other Shapes Operations

Using Layers

Adding a Layer

Showing a Layer

Hiding a Layer

Preserving Group Member Layer

Viewing Layer Properties

Adding Basic Objects

Inserting a Comment

Inserting a Picture from Clip Art or a File

Formatting a Picture

Adding a Chart

Adding an Equation

Adding Advanced Objects

Adding a Hyperlink

Inserting an Object

Inserting a CAD Drawing

Inserting a Control

Working With Visio Files

Using Templates

Opening a Template from the Getting Started Pane

Opening a Template from the File menu

Using a Template

Creating a Template

Using Stencils

Adding Shapes to Stencils

Using Shapes From Stencils

Copying Shapes from One Stencil to Another

Removing Shapes from Stencils

Creating a New Stencil

Saving Stencils

Saving Visio Files

Saving a File for the First Time

Saving a File for the Second Time

Saving a File with a Different Extension

Saving a File as a Web Page

Advanced File Tasks

Using AutoRecover

Publishing to PDF or XPS

E-Mailing Your Drawing

Entering File Properties

Removing Hidden Information

Printing and Viewing Your Drawing

Managing Drawings

Using Minimize, Maximize and Restore

Switching Between Open Drawings

Using Zoom

Viewing or Hiding Drawing Rulers, Grids and Guides

Managing Windows

Tiling Windows

Arranging Windows

Cascading Windows

Using the ShapeSheet

Using Visios Views

Using the Shapes Window

Using the Pan and Zoom Window

Using the Shape Data Window

Using the Size and Position Window

Using the Draw Explorer Window

Using the External Data Window

Using Page Setup

Opening Page Setup

Setting Print Options

Setting Page Size

Setting Drawing Scale

Setting Page Properties

Choosing Layout and Routing

Setting the Scale

Using Print Preview

Opening Print Preview

Using the Print Preview toolbar

Zooming In and Out

Changing View Options

Navigating Print Preview

Printing a Drawing

Printing Commands

Using the Print Dialog

Setting Printer Options

Setting the Page Range

Setting the Number of Copies