Microsoft Visio: Intermediate (Professional)
Microsoft Visio Training Series | Level 2
Course Details
Duration: 1 day (9 am – 4 pm)
Microsoft® Visio® Professional Versions: 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | 365 (Windows)
Delivery Methods (Instructor-led): In-person (Live classroom) | Virtual classroom
Course Dates: Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca to arrange a date | View schedule 
Course Fee: $275 CAD per person + HST (Virtual classroom), $295 CAD per person + HST (Bring your own device for live classroom courses) or $345 CAD per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device for live classroom courses)*
Timing: Public scheduled courses run from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm (Eastern Time).
Virtual classroom courses: Our instructor-led virtual classroom courses are delivered in a virtual classroom environment. Students will be sent a virtual classroom invitation prior to the course.
In-person courses: Our instructor-led live classroom (in-person) courses are held in downtown Toronto at the Toronto Star Building, 1 Yonge Street, Suite 1801. Some courses are also held at an alternate downtown Toronto location.
Custom training: This course may be delivered at your site or ours as an instructor-led or virtual classroom solution. Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca for more information including savings for custom group training.
Course Overview
This intermediate Visio course is designed for Visio Professional users who want to move to the next level with Visio and create more advanced business and technical drawings. Students will create custom master shapes, custom stencils and customize text blocks. Shape data will be added to shapes and then managed by the user. Students will create links to external data and then refresh the data to update the diagram. Various types of drawings will be created which will include data graphics, validations and hyperlinks. Visio reports will be generated and students will be introduced to the powerful ShapeSheet method of working with drawings.
Prerequisite: Microsoft Visio: Introduction or comparable knowledge and skills.
INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE
- Comprehensive course manual
- Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
- Sample and exercise files
- Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
- Certificate of completion
- Follow-up email support
Course Topics
Customizing Visio
- Customizing the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
- Setting key Visio options
- Adding custom themes
- Setting theme options
- Adding a custom master shape to a custom stencil
Working Efficiently with Text
- Editing text blocks using different strategies
- Positioning text above or below a shape
- Annotating shapes with callouts
Entering and Viewing Shape Data
- Understanding shape data
- Adding shape data
- Viewing shape data
- Editing shape data
- Defining new shape data fields
- Displaying shape data in text objects
Linking to External Data Sources
- Creating links to external data sources
- Refreshing data in linked diagrams
- Scheduling data refresh
- Linking data to shapes automatically
Visualization using Data Graphics
- Enhancing diagrams with data graphics
- Using existing data graphics
- Editing data graphics
Generating Reports
- Running a predefined report
- Creating a new report
- Modifying an existing report
Creating and Validating Process Diagrams
- Understanding Visio rules
- Validating flowcharts
- Creating subprocesses
- Reusing existing validation rules
- Creating new validation rules
Working with Hyperlinks
- Inserting hyperlinks
- Editing hyperlinks
- Linking to a website
- Linking to a document
- Linking to a specific location
- Linking to another Visio page
- Understanding relative and absolute hyperlinks
- Setting the hyperlink base
- Adding multiple hyperlinks
Getting Started with the ShapeSheet
- Working in Developer mode
- Viewing the ShapeSheet
- Adding and editing ShapeSheet data
* Prices subject to change.
Our instructor-led courses are delivered in virtual classroom format or at our downtown Toronto location at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some in-person classroom courses may also be delivered at an alternate downtown Toronto location). Contact us at info@avantixlearning.ca if you'd like to arrange custom instructor-led virtual classroom or onsite training on a date that's convenient for you.
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