Advanced
Activity-Level
Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Visio
Professional 2007: Basic or
equivalent experience
Unit 1: Creating technical layouts
Topic A:0 Layers
A-1: Creating and assigning a layer
A-2: Customizing layers
A-3: Adding custom shapes to a layer
Topic B:0 Drawing scales
B-1: Using and changing the drawing scale
B-2: Manually adding and adjusting shapes
B-3: Using the Shape Data window
B-4: Changing a shape’s size and position settings
B-5: Duplicating shapes
Topic C:0 Dimensioning
C-1: Adding and adjusting dimension connectors
C-2: Setting display units
C-3: Calculating and adjusting the area of a room
Unit 2: Advanced formatting
Topic A:0 Themes and styles
A-1: Applying theme colors
A-2: Applying theme effects
A-3: Creating a custom theme
A-4: Creating a style
A-5: Applying style attributes
Topic B:0 Templates
B-1: Creating a custom template
B-2: Creating a drawing based on a template
Unit 3: Custom shape design
Topic A:0 Special drawing operations
A-1: Creating complex shapes by using basic shapes
Topic B:0 Shape behavior and events
B-1: Specifying a behavior for a double-click action
B-2: Adding a lock behavior to an image
Topic C:0 Custom stencils
C-1: Creating shapes for a stencil
C-2: Modifying a shape by using a ShapeSheet
C-3: Adding a predefined action to a shape
C-4: Adding and editing stencil shapes
C-5: Customizing stencil shapes
C-6: Saving a stencil
Unit 4: Business diagrams and Web site mapping
Topic A:0 Block, tree, and onion diagrams
A-1: Creating a block diagram
Topic B:0 Flowcharts
B-1: Creating a workflow diagram
B-2: Creating a cross-functional flowchart
Topic C:0 Organization charts
C-1: Comparing organization charts
C-2: Creating an organization chart by importing data
Topic D:0 Project management diagrams
D-1: Creating timelines
D-2: Creating a PERT chart
D-3: Creating a Gantt chart
Topic E:0 Web site maps
E-1: Generating a Web site map
E-2: Viewing link information
E-3: Generating a report of Web site links
Unit 5: Integrating Visio with other programs
Topic A:0 Integration with Microsoft Word
A-1: Embedding a Visio drawing in a Word document
A-2: Linking a Word document
A-3: Using drag-and-drop
Topic B:0 Integration with PowerPoint
B-1: Inserting drawings in PowerPoint
B-2: Linking a presentation to a Visio drawing
Topic C:0 Integration with Microsoft Outlook
C-1: Creating a calendar
C-2: Importing calendar data from Outlook
Topic D:0 Working with Web-enabling features
D-1: Linking a Visio drawing to a Word document
D-2: Converting a drawing to a Web page
Unit 6: Software and database diagrams
Topic A:0 Documenting software systems
A-1: Drawing a program window
A-2: Drawing a system diagram
Topic B:0 Database model diagrams
B-1: Creating a database model diagram
B-2: Using the Reverse Engineer Wizard