Course Specifications

Course Description

In this course, you will expand on the knowledge you gained in the Visio 2003 Professional: 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.

• Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 for Windows

Hardware/Software Requirements

You will need:

• A PC with a Pentium 200 MHz or higher processor. Pentium III recommended.
• Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Professional.
• At least 128 MB of RAM (256 MB of RAM recommended).
• 110 MB of available hard disk space for software installation, and an additional 5 MB for the course data files.
• A CD-ROM drive.
• VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution monitor with 256 colors.
• Microsoft Visio 2003 Professional.
• Microsoft Word.
• Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Performance-Based Objectives

• 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.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Customizing Visio

Topic 1A: Working with Toolbars

Topic 1B: Working with Windows

Lesson 2: Using the Drawing Tools

Topic 2A: Drawing Basics

Topic 2B: Advanced Drawing Techniques

Lesson 3: Custom Shapes

Topic 3A: Using Custom Shapes

Topic 3B: Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing

Lesson 4: Advanced Stencil Techniques

Topic 4A: Custom Stencils

Topic 4B: Customizing Stencil Masters

Topic 4C: The Document Stencil

Lesson 5: Templates, Styles, and Layers

Topic 5A: Working with Templates

Topic 5B: Formatting and Linking Shapes

Topic 5C: Layers

Lesson 6: Sharing Your Work

Topic 6A: Object Linking and Embedding

Topic 6B: Working with External Data

Topic 6C: Creating HTML Documents

Topic 6D: Printing Techniques