Overview
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Master the intricacies of Visio 2013, the powerful diagramming and vector graphics software. Learn to create org charts, floor plans, prototypes, and more.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
- What is Visio 2013?
- Touring the UI
- Opening files and adjusting the UI
- Modifying the Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar
- Selecting view options
- Using SmartShapes from a stencil
- Arranging the top four SmartShapes on a stencil
- Connecting shapes manually
- Inserting and deleting connected SmartShapes
- Organizing SmartShapes with Auto Align & Space
- Rearranging connected diagrams with Re-Layout Page
- Inserting text-related objects
- Inserting foreground and background pages
- Inserting graphics
- Inserting containers and callouts
- Inserting hyperlinks
- Using themes
- Formatting text
- Formatting shape fills
- Formatting shape lines
- Showing and hiding layout aids
- Using visual aids and snap and glue settings
- Showing and hiding task panes
- Working with windows in Visio
- Printing diagrams
- Publishing a diagram to PDF
- Saving diagrams as .jpg or .gif files
- Saving diagrams to the web using HTML
- How adding SmartShapes can create layers
- Creating, removing, and assigning to layers
- Managing layer settings
- The difference between themes and styles
- Applying themes, colors, and effects
- Blocking themes from SmartShapes
- Creating custom theme colors
- Inserting a top-level exec SmartShape
- Adding manager subshapes
- Adding other subshapes
- Defining alternate layouts for subordinates
- Reordering team members
- Adding team frames to a diagram
- Creating dotted-line report indicators
- Using multiple and three-position SmartShapes
- Adding employee pictures
- Using synchronized copies to break down structure
- Expanding and collapsing reporting structure views
- Understanding the Organization Chart Wizard
- Importing data with the Organization Chart Wizard
- Relinking to organizational data after it changes
- Applying data graphics
- Publishing organizational charts
- Understanding brainstorming diagram structure
- Adding the top-level topic
- Adding multiple sub-topics
- Editing topic text
- Editing topics in the Outline Window
- Customizing topic shapes
- Changing the layout and design
- Sending data to Microsoft Word
- Sending data to Microsoft Excel
- Adding and configuring a timeline shape
- Adding milestones to a timeline
- Dealing with text collisions
- Adding intervals to a timeline
- Adding markers and indicators to a timeline
- Creating and adjusting the expanded timeline
- Formatting timelines
- Sharing your timeline
- Creating a monthly calendar
- Adding appointments and events
- Adding months
- Customizing the calendar
- Creating a weekly calendar
- Creating a multi-week calendar
- Importing calendar data from Microsoft Outlook
- Creating a floor plan diagram
- Setting the drawing scale
- Creating the floor plan shell
- Adding other structural elements
- Adding dimensions
- Adding furniture
- Adding a title and other information
- Sharing via OneDrive
- Exploring wireframe diagram stencils for creating software prototypes
- Adding dialog elements and other controls
- Collaborating and tracking changes
- Next steps
