Visio Advanced Training

This advanced Visio class provides hands-on instruction, tips and tricks to participants enabling them to create stunning data-driven diagrams and vector graphics. Participants will learn how to: design advanced plans and diagrams, enhance drawings with 3-D shapes, build GANNT charts and Timelines from external data sources, including Excel, Project and Access, and automate processes by building macros.

Prerequisites:

  • Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows

Designing Advanced Plans and Diagrams

  • Create a Microsoft Account and Log in to Visio
  • Build Advanced Plans
  • Build Advanced Diagrams

Enhancing the Look of Drawings

  • Use 3-D Shapes
  • Work with Shape Styles
  • Define Shape Styles
  • Apply Backgrounds, Borders, and Titles

Working with Custom Shapes, Stencils, and Templates

  • Create Simple Custom Shapes
  • Create Custom Stencils
  • Create Custom Templates

Connecting Drawings to External Data

  • Make an Organization Chart from an Excel Spreadsheet
  • Generate a Pivot Diagram from an Excel Spreadsheet
  • Create a Gantt Chart from a Project File
  • Create a Timeline from a Project File
  • Connect a Map to an Access Database

Leveraging Development Tools

  • Create Macros
  • Modify ShapeSheets
  • Build Advanced Shapes

Sharing Drawings

  • Save and Share Drawings with OneDrive
  • Review Drawings
  • Insert Drawings into Other Office Files
  • Export Drawings
  • Print Drawings

Microsoft Visio classes are offered at five locations: