Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Level 2 Course

- this course is no longer scheduled to run. Please refer to schedule for current course titles.

In this course, you will expand on the knowledge you gained in the Level 1 course. You will work with many advanced features, including using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing your Visio drawings with other applications.

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Attendance of Microsoft Visio 2002 Level 1 Course, or equivalent knowledge.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Open and manipulate toolbars and stencil windows in the work area.
• Change background settings to enhance specific drawings.
• Use the drawing tools and Operation command features to create new custom shapes.
• Integrate both simple and complex custom shapes in a drawing.
• Create new masters in a stencil and edit masters.
• Use the Document stencil to quickly take inventory of all the shapes used in a drawing.
• Create a new custom template and use it to quickly create a drawing.
• Create and use styles to quickly format multiple shapes in a drawing.
• Use layers to organize and control shapes in a drawing.
• Link a Visio drawing within a Microsoft Word document and update any changes.
• Link shapes in a drawing to information contained in an external database.
• Convert a drawing to a Web page.
• Use several techniques for preparing a drawing for printing.

This course is rated as an Advanced Course, suitable for accomplished computer users.

Topics covered on the 1 day Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Level 2 course

Working with Toolbars

• Opening Toolbars
• Dragging and Dropping Toolbars
• Adding Commands to Toolbars
• Working with Windows
• Working with Stencil Windows
• Merging Visio Windows

Lesson 2: Using the Drawing Tools

• Drawing Basics
• Drawing Closed Shapes
• Drawing Lines and Arcs
• Drawing Segmented Lines
• Reshaping Lines
• Advanced Drawing Techniques
• Drawing with Precision
• Using Operation Commands

Lesson 3: Custom Shapes

• Using Custom Shapes
• Creating a Custom Shape
• Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing
• Enhancing a Drawing with Custom Shapes
• Using the Maximum Graphx Logo Shape in a Drawing
• Using Custom Shapes to Enhance Existing Shapes

Lesson 4: Advanced Stencil Techniques

• Custom Stencils
• Creating a New Stencil
• Adding Custom Shapes to a Stencil
• Customizing Stencil Masters
• Editing Master Properties
• Formatting a Master in a Stencil
• Adding and Directing Connection Points
• Applying Behaviors to a Custom Shape
• Using the Maximum Graphx Master
• The Document Stencil
• Task 4C-1: Retrieving Shapes from the Document Stencil

Lesson 5: Templates, Styles, and Layers

• Working with Templates
• Creating a New Template
• Using a Custom Template
• Formatting and Linking Shapes
• Defining New Styles
• Applying and Editing Styles
• Adding Links to Shapes
• Layers
• Viewing Layer Properties
• Manipulating Layers

Lesson 6: Sharing Your Work

• Object Linking and Embedding
• Placing a Visio Drawing in MS Word
• Updating the Calendar
• Working with External Data
• Preparing Shapes in the Document Stencil
• Using the Database Wizard
• Distributing Information in a Linked Network Diagram
• Creating HTML Documents
• Preparing a Drawing for the Web
• Saving the Timeline as a Web Page
• Printing Techniques
• Using the Print Preview Feature
• Working with Page Breaks