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visio introduction training course

Our Microsoft Visio training course provides a practical, hands-on insight into how to use Microsoft Visio to produce diagrams and charts.

It will suit anyone who is coming to Visio for the first time or who is self-taught and wants to fill in gaps in their basic skills.

course duration

This course takes one day on-site, normally between 9:30am and 4:30pm.

course prerequisites

Competence in the use of the mouse, keyboard and windows. Awareness of basic computer principles like files, folders and filing.

course content

The course content is based upon the following topics but within this framework is adapted to your needs and experience:

  • Starting a drawing
  • Arranging your on-screen view of a drawing
  • Setting page dimensions
  • Choosing a Visio 'solution'
  • Visio toolbars
  • Stencils and master shapes
  • Cutting, copying, pasting, moving and deleting objects
  • Metric and imperial scales
  • Sizing objects
  • Positioning objects
  • Using guides
  • Grouping objects
  • Overlapping objects
  • Connecting objects
  • Managing connection points
  • 'Snapping' and 'gluing'
  • Changing the appearance of objects
  • Adding text
  • Some diagram and chart types, including flow diagram, organisation chart, room layout or a choice of chart types applicable to your work
  • IT network diagram
  • Simple graphs
  • Incorporating graphics
  • Applying hyperlinks
  • Printing diagrams.

london, kent, surrey and sussex

We regularly travel to clients in London and the South East. Based near Tonbridge, we are particularly well placed to present courses throughout Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, and London.

As we have done in Ashford, Aylesford, Brighton, Canterbury, Chatham, Chiddingstone, East Grinstead, Edenbridge, Heathfield, Lightwater, London, Maidstone, Maresfield, Orpington, Paddock Wood, Richmond, Rochester, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne, Tadworth, Ticehurst, Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells and Westerham.