Basic
Activity-Level
Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows
XP: Basic, Windows Vista: Basic,
or equivalent experience
Unit 1: The Visio environment
Topic A:0 Visio basics
A-1: Creating a drawing
A-2: Examining the work area
A-3: Using Visio Help
Topic B:0 Navigating in Visio
B-1: Opening a Visio drawing
B-2: Changing view settings
B-3: Navigating among drawing pages
Topic C:0 Using windows and stencils
C-1: Manipulating stencils
Topic D:0 Manipulating objects
D-1: Selecting and moving objects
D-2: Scaling and resizing an object
D-3: Saving and closing a drawing
Unit 2: Drawing tools
Topic A:0 Basic shapes and lines
A-1: Drawing basic shapes
A-2: Creating lines and arcs
A-3: Reshaping an arc
Topic B:0 Compound lines
B-1: Creating a freeform line
B-2: Creating a compound line with the Line and Arc tools
B-3: Creating a compound line with the Pencil tool
B-4: Manipulating compound lines
Topic C:0 Editing objects
C-1: Duplicating objects
C-2: Aligning objects
C-3: Distributing objects
C-4: Grouping objects
C-5: Rotating an object
Unit 3: Basic diagrams
Topic A:0 Planning your diagram
A-1: Discussing diagram planning
Topic B:0 Creating a basic diagram
B-1: Adding shapes
B-2: Connecting shapes
B-3: Using connector shapes
Topic C:0 Working with text
C-1: Creating and editing a text block
C-2: Adding paragraph text
C-3: Adding text to shapes
C-4: Adding text to connectors
C-5: Adjusting shape text
C-6: Rotating text
Topic D:0 Working with organization charts
D-1: Creating an organization chart
D-2: Changing the layout of an organization chart
Unit 4: Formatting drawings
Topic A:0 Formatting text
A-1: Formatting text by using toolbars
A-2: Formatting text by using the Text dialog box
Topic B:0 Formatting text blocks
B-1: Formatting a text block
B-2: Applying paragraph formatting to a text block
B-3: Adding bullets to a text block
Topic C:0 Formatting shapes and lines
C-1: Formatting a shape
C-2: Customizing a shape
C-3: Using the Fill and Shadow dialog boxes
C-4: Formatting multiple shapes
C-5: Adding fill and line attributes to a text block
Unit 5: Working with pages
Topic A:0 Creating and setting up a drawing
A-1: Creating a drawing and setting file properties
A-2: Defining printer settings and page size
A-3: Setting page properties
Topic B:0 Working with background pages
B-1: Creating a background page
B-2: Adding fields to a background page
B-3: Applying a background page
B-4: Editing a background page
Topic C:0 Working with links
C-1: Adding a page link
C-2: Adding a hyperlink
C-3: Linking multiple files to a shape
C-4: Linking to an Excel file
Topic D:0 Printing diagrams
D-1: Adding a header in Print Preview
D-2: Printing a diagram
Unit 6: Network and brainstorming diagrams
Topic A:0 Network diagrams
A-1: Using topology shapes in a network diagram
A-2: Adding a control handle
A-3: Adding and connecting topology shapes
A-4: Moving shape text
Topic B:0 Rack diagrams
B-1: Creating a rack diagram
Topic C:0 Brainstorming diagrams
C-1: Creating a brainstorming diagram
C-2: Exporting a brainstorming diagram to an XML file
C-3: Importing XML data into a brainstorming diagram
Unit 7: Introduction to advanced features
Topic A:0 Advanced layout and connection techniques
A-1: Using guides
A-2: Adding connection points
A-3: Selecting objects by type
A-4: Connecting shapes to new connection points
A-5: Changing Snap & Glue settings
Topic B:0 Custom properties
B-1: Adding custom properties to shapes
B-2: Creating custom property sets
B-3: Applying user-defined custom properties
Topic C:0 Reporting
C-1: Creating a report
C-2: Running a report
C-3: Updating a report
C-4: Formatting a Visio Table Report shape