Visio® 2003 Professional: Level 2

November 10, 2008

Time

Location

Cost

9AM to 4PM

Computer Training Lab (Room 104)

Cross Office Building

$165

Visio 2003 Professional: Level 2

Prerequisite is Level 1 or equivalent experience

Course Description

In this course, you will expand on the knowledge you gained in the Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 course. You will work with many advanced features, including using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing your Visio drawings with other applications.

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Performance-Based Objectives

Open and manipulate toolbars and stencil windows in the work area
Change background settings to enhance specific drawings
Use the drawing tools and Operation command features to create new custom shapes
Integrate both simple and complex custom shapes in a drawing
Create new masters in a stencil and edit masters
Use the Document stencil to quickly take inventory of all the shapes used in a drawing
Create a new custom template and use it to quickly create a drawing
Create and use styles to quickly format multiple shapes in a drawing
Use layers to organize and control shapes in a drawing
Link a Visio drawing within a Microsoft Word document and update any changes
Link shapes in a drawing to information contained in an external database
Convert a drawing to a Web page
Use several techniques for preparing a drawing for printing

Course Content

Lesson 1: Customizing Visio

Topic 1A: Working with Toolbars

Topic 1B: Working with Windows

Lesson 2: Using the Drawing Tools

Topic 2A: Drawing Basics

Topic 2B: Advanced Drawing Techniques

Lesson 3: Custom Shapes

Topic 3A: Using Custom Shapes

Topic 3B: Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing

Lesson 4: Advanced Stencil Techniques

Topic 4A: Custom Stencils

Topic 4B: Customizing Stencil Masters

Topic 4C: The Document Stencil

Lesson 5: Templates, Styles, and Layers

Topic 5A: Working with Templates

Topic 5B: Formatting and Linking Shapes

Topic 5C: Layers

Lesson 6: Sharing Your Work

Topic 6A: Object Linking and Embedding

Topic 6B: Working with External Data

Topic 6C: Creating HTML Documents

Topic 6D: Printing Techniques

Updated 6/08