Visio Professional 2003: Adv

Course Outline

Duration: 1 Day

Description: This course builds on the concepts and skills taught in Visio Professional 2003: Basic. Students will learn how to create, assign, and customize drawing layers, create complex shapes, create and edit formulas and functions, add predefined actions and custom shape behaviors, and create custom stencils. They will also create a custom drawing template, work with styles, and use Web-enabling features. In addition, this course covers integrating Visio drawings with other programs, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Creating technical layouts
Topic A: Layers
Topic B: Drawing scales
Topic C: Precision techniques
Topic D: Dimensioning

Unit 2: Advanced custom shape design
Topic A: Special drawing operations
Topic B: Shape behavior and events
Topic C: Custom stencils

Unit 3: Business diagrams
Topic A: Block diagrams
Topic B: Flowcharts
Topic C: Organization charts
Topic D: Project management diagrams

Unit 4: Network diagrams and Web site mapping
Topic A: Detailed network diagrams
Topic B: Web site maps

Unit 5: Software and database diagrams
Topic A: Documenting software systems
Topic B: Database model diagrams

Unit 6: Templates
Topic A: Templates and styles
Topic B: Custom templates

Unit 7: Integrating Visio with other programs
Topic A: Integration with Microsoft Word
Topic B: Integration with PowerPoint presentations
Topic C: Integration with Microsoft Outlook
Topic D: Working with Web-enabling features