Microsoft Visio 2013 Level 2

Elevate your Microsoft Visio 2013 skills with our Level 2 course, designed for professionals seeking to master technical and business diagram creation while seamlessly integrating Visio with other Office applications.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Design professional-quality diagrams using advanced Visio features.

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Integrate Visio diagrams with other Microsoft Office tools.

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Develop complex shapes, stencils, and templates for business applications.

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Publish and present diagrams effectively in web and office environments.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 1 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Experienced Visio 2013 Users
  • Office Professionals
  • Project Managers
  • Technical Diagram Specialists

Description

Microsoft Visio 2013 Level 2 builds on the concepts and skills taught in Visio Level 1. In this course students will learn how to work with layers, create custom themes, stencils and templates, and create business and project management diagrams. They will also learn how to integrate Visio with other Office programs, create software and database diagrams, and present diagrams both in Visio and in a web browser.

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Course Outline

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Lesson 1: Technical Layouts

  1. Working with layers

  2. Using the Layer Properties dialog box

  3. Creating and assigning a layer

  4. Customizing layers and shapes

  5. Modifying layer properties and assignments

  6. Using and changing the drawing scale

  7. Adding and adjusting shapes

  8. Setting shape properties

  9. Using precision techniques

  10. Duplicating shapes

  11. Displaying and adjusting shape dimensions

  12. Calculating and displaying the area of a room

Lesson 2: Custom Themes and Templates

  1. Applying themes, effects and backgrounds

  2. Customizing and applying theme colors

  3. Creating your own templates

  4. Creating a drawing based on a custom template

Lesson 3: Custom Shapes and Stencils

  1. Using special drawing operations to create complex and industry-specific shapes

  2. Setting shape behaviors

  3. Applying a double-click behavior

  4. Protecting aspects of a shape from modifications

  5. Creating custom stencils

  6. Modifying a shape using a ShapeSheet

  7. Applying a custom default action to a shape

  8. Adding and customizing shapes to a stencil

Lesson 4: Business Diagrams and Web Site Mapping

  1. Creating block, tree and onion diagrams

  2. Creating flow charts including workflow diagrams, cross-functional diagrams, data-flow diagrams and cause-and-effect-diagrams

  3. Creating organization charts

  4. Creating an organization chart by importing data

  5. Creating project management diagrams

  6. Creating a PERT chart

  7. Creating a Gantt chart

  8. Creating Web site maps

  9. Generating a site map report

Lesson 5: Integrating Visio with Other Applications

  1. Embedding a Visio drawing in a Word document

  2. Creating a link by using the Paste Special command

  3. Using drag-and-drop between applications

  4. Inserting a Visio drawing in a PowerPoint presentation

  5. Linking a presentation to a Visio drawing

  6. Integrating Visio with Outlook

  7. Creating and importing calendars

  8. Working with Web-enabling features

  9. Converting a drawing to a Web page

Lesson 6: Software and Database Diagrams

  1. Documenting software systems

  2. Using the Wireframe Diagram template

  3. Using the Enterprise Application template

  4. Drawing a system diagram

  5. Creating a database model diagram

Lesson 7: Presenting Diagrams in Visio and HTML

  1. Setup diagrams for Presentation Mode

  2. Adding hyperlink navigation

  3. Adding double-click to navigate pages

  4. Sharing diagrams using a browser

  5. Converting a diagram to a web page

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