VISL2: Microsoft Visio - Advanced

Microsoft Visio stands out among similar applications because of its unique ability to draw a wide variety of diagrams, flowcharts, workflows, and organization structures—anything that can be represented by shapes connected by lines. Most importantly, these shapes can be rearranged and with corresponding lines remaining intact. Visio has improved over the years as features common among Microsoft Office applications have been added. Today, Visio is well integrated with other members of the Office family as well as Microsoft's cloud-based services. This greatly enriches the sharing and publishing of Visio drawings.

To ensure your success in this course, you should have attended the Visio - The Essentials class or have the ability to create basic workflows and other common diagram types in Visio.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Enhance the look of drawings.
• Create shapes, stencils, and templates.
• Connect drawings to external data.
• Leverage development tools.
• Share drawings.
• Use diagram standards.

In Microsoft Visio - The Essentials, you learnt the basic skills needed to create and modify various Visio drawings. In Microsoft Visio - Advanced, you will learn about more advanced features-making you a more efficient and effective Visio user.

Lesson 1: Designing Advanced Plans and Diagrams
• Create a Microsoft Account and Log in to Visio
• Build Advanced Plans
• Build Advanced Diagrams

Lesson 2: Enhancing the Look of Drawings
• Use 3-D Shapes
• Work with Shape Styles
• Define Shape Styles
• Apply Backgrounds, Borders, and Titles

Lesson 3: Working with Custom Shapes, Stencils, and Templates
• Create Simple Custom Shapes
• Create Custom Stencils
• Create Custom Templates
 
Lesson 4: 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

Lesson 5: Leveraging Development Tools
• Create Macros
• Modify ShapeSheets
• Build Advanced Shapes

Lesson 6: Sharing Drawings
• Save and Share Drawings with OneDrive
• Review Drawings
• Insert Drawings into Other Office Files
• Export Drawings 
• Print Drawings