Course Outline
Visio - Basics
Versions 5.0/2000/2002/2003

Phone:717-560-3552
Fax:717-569-1135
E-Mail: Registrar@pceasy.com

Program Objectives: Students will learn basic techniques for creating flowcharts, room layouts, calendars, and organization charts.

• Introduction and Five Minute Lesson
• Adding Additional Stencils
• Steps To Create A Drawing
• Create A Room Design With Visio
• Adding and Removing Backgrounds
• Nudging An Object
• Deleting An Object
• Undo Feature
• Saving A File
• Setting Up The File Properties
• Saving A Preview Of A File
• Parts Of The Visio Screen
• Fixing The Short Menus
• Adding More Toolbars
• Setting An Exact Shape
• Typing Text on an Object
• Changing Font Size, Color, and Orientation (Rotating Text)
• Bold, Underline, and Italicizing Text
• Customizing The Toolbar
• Text Dialog Box
• Previewing  and Printing The File
• Changing Page Orientation
• Setting A Scale
• Creating A Header and Footer
• Switching The Stencil Sides
• Changing Object Orientation
• Changing Shape Order
• Rotating An Object
• The Pointer Tool

• Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
• Duplicating Objects
• Cut, Copy, and Paste
• Aligning Shapes
• Distributing Shapes
• Creating A Text Box
• Changing Line Thickness In A Box
• Changing Line and Fill Color
• Changing The Curve In A Box
• Adding A Drop Shadow To A Box
• Changing Text Alignment
• Adding A Dimension Line
• Creating A Template
• Using The Template
• Zoom Control
• Viewing A Full Screen Drawing
• Creating A Calendar
• Quick Lesson in Graphics
• Switching Between Documents
• Create A Flow Chart with Visio
• Understanding Connection Points
• Deleting Connections
• Using The Spell Check Feature
• Adding and Deleting Pages
• Go To A Page
• Centering The Drawing
• Using Wizards
• Create An Organization Chart
• Exiting From Visio