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You use Microsoft Visio to create diagrams by placing pre-drawn shapes or shapes you create as you need them.
There is a vaste range of shapes, from the very simple to the elaborate. Join shapes with connectors to create organisation charts and flowcharts; size shapes to scale for plans and layouts; place components of electrical and electronic . And so on.
Our on-site training course aims to familiarise you with Visio techniques so that you are quickly up to speed on the use of the software for your own work.
Each course takes one day on-site at your offices, normally between 9:30am and 4:30pm.
Competence in the use of the mouse, keyboard and windows. Awareness of basic computer principles like files, folders and filing.
A couple of examples of the sorts of drawings that you will want to produce using Visio.
The Microsoft Visio Work Area Title bar; user interface ribbon; shapes task pane; drawing page; status bar
Starting a Visio Drawing Opening an existing drawing; starting a new drawing; page size and orientation; units of measurement
Microsoft Visio File Types Drawing (.vsd); stencil (.vss); template (.vst); xml files
Saving Microsoft Visio Files Saving a drawing; saving a stencil; saving a template; save in xml file format
Drawing Tools Freehand shapes; regular shapes; use of tools; drawing techniques
Selecting Shapes Techniques; Multiple Selections; Removing Selections
Manipilating Shapes Moving; copying shapes; deleting shapes rotatiing; resizing; maintaining shape
Formatting Shapes Lines; fills; colour; decoration
Text Applying Text to a shape; adding a text block; editing text; re-positioning; rotation; formatting
Shape Grouping Creating a group; altering a shape within a group; adding to a group; removing from a group; ungrouping
Connecting Shapes Shape connectors; connection points; snapping and gluing; drawing connectors
Controlling the Layout of Shapes Automatic aligning; setting the space between shapes; distributing shapes; changing layout
Using Guides Setting a guide; removing a guide; aligning shapes
Stencils Opening a Stencil; Saving and Closing a Stencil; Modifying a Stencil
Printing Headers and footers; options.
Some techniques are specific to the sorts of drawings for which you might use Visio. Choice of a particular Visio template, for example, can determine how Visio influences the actual drawing process.
In each course we pick a couple examples of your type of work and investigate how to best use Visio to create them
We regularly travel to clients in London and the South East. Based near Tonbridge, we are particularly well placed to provide software training throughout Kent, East and West Sussex, Surrey and London.
As we have done in Ashford, Aylesford, Brighton, Canterbury, Chatham, Chiddingstone, Dover, East Grinstead, Edenbridge, Heathfield, Lightwater, London, Maidstone, Maresfield, Orpington, Paddock Wood, Richmond, Rochester, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne, Tadworth, Ticehurst, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Westerham.