Visio 2003 Professional: Level 2
Course Specifications
Course number: 078416
Course length: 1 day
Software: Visio_Professional 2003
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.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element
K course or have equivalent knowledge:
- Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 for Windows
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
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