Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Level 2 Course
Course Description
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course pre-requisites:
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.
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
Course Classification:
Applications Training Course
This is an instructor led training course taught in a classroom based environment.
Scheduled course dates
| September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010 | December 2010 | January 2011 |
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If you would prefer to run this course at your premises as you have several employees to place on the course perhaps, then we are also able to offer onsite Microsoft Powerpoint & Visio Training and bespoke Microsoft Powerpoint & Visio courses
The Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Level 2 course qualifies for the PTR Training Passport SAVE IT Scheme, which offers discounts on bookings for multiple courses and/or multiple delegates.

