Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007

Course: VISIO

Duration: 2 Days

Level: I

Course Summary

Diagrams and charts play a pivotal role in knowledge dissemination, making complex data easy to understand. Microsoft® Office Visio Professional 2007 has a host of features that are instrumental in creating pictorial representations of information. In this course, you will learn the essentials of Visio.

Once you have learned to use the various templates to design and manage workflows and flowcharts, the workshop will build upon the knowledge gained, and enable you to 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.

You will design and manage basic diagrams, workflows, and flowcharts. You will create custom elements and a custom template, represent external data as a drawing, and share your work with others.

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Topics Covered In This Course

Getting Started with Visio 2007

Explore the Visio Interface
Get Help in Visio

Creating a Route Map

Add Shapes to a Drawing
Manipulate Shapes
Add Text
Format Text
Change the Stacking Order

Enhancing a Basic Diagram

Manage Shapes
Format Shapes

Creating Process Diagrams

Create a Flowchart
Apply Page Styles
Create a Cross-Functional Flowchart
Create a Workflow Diagram

Representing an Organization Hierarchy

Create an Organization Chart
Modify an Organization Chart

Creating a Custom Shape

Draw Basic Shapes
Enhance Basic Shapes

Designing a Custom Stencil

Create a Custom Stencil
Customize a Stencil Master

Designing Styles and Templates

Define a New Style
Create a Template

Designing a Floor Plan

Create an Office Layout
Work with Layers

Representing External Data in Visio

Generate a PivotDiagram
Create an Organization Chart from External Data
Import Project Plan Data into Visio
Link to a Database
Import Excel Data

Sharing Your Work

Link a Visio Drawing to Other Applications
Convert a Visio Drawing to a Web Page
Print a Visio Drawing

What You Can Expect

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Explore the Visio 2007 interface.
Create a route map.
Enhance a basic diagram.
Create process diagrams.
Create an organization chart.
Create a custom shape.
Design a custom stencil.
Design styles and templates.
Design a floor plan.
Represent external data in Visio.
Share your drawings.

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for persons who have an understanding of basic workflows and the concept of end-to-end flowcharting.

Recommended Prerequisites

Participants should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on their computer. Specifically, students should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Training Style

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

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Every student attending a Verhoef Training class will receive a certificate good for $100 toward their next public class taken within a year.

You can also buy "Verhoef Vouchers" to get a discounted rate for a single student in any of our public or web-based classes. Contact your account manager or our sales office for details.

Schedule For This Course
There are currently no public sessions scheduled for this course. We can schedule a private class for your organization just a couple of weeks from now. Or we can let you know the next time we do schedule a public session.

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