Description

Want your business processes mapped out? Join our Visio course!

Wouldn't your business run more smoothly with well-drawn schedules, diagrams and process flows? Absolutely! That's why Microsoft Visio is such a great tool. It's a versatile yet simple drawing package that saves you valuable time. Ready for an eye-opening Visio course? Sign up with Xylos!

Visio becomes your go-to program for a whole range of visualizations. Besides schedules and process diagrams, you'll quickly be creating floor plans, charts and presentations. Struggling with the layout of your office space? Join our Visio course, choose from hundreds of symbols and create a virtual sketch.

Objectives

Why should you take this Visio course?

After this Visio course, your business progress will speed up. You'll create drawings and diagrams with ease, and inspire your colleagues to turn your business into a well-oiled machine.

Target audience

Anyone who wants to create drawings, flowcharts, organizational charts and more using a user-friendly program.

Prerequisites

Participants are familiar with the Windows environment.

Contents

Getting to know the work environment

• Getting started with a template or sample drawing

• The work environment in a blank drawing

• Difference between Visio desktop and Visio Web App

• Visio drawings and Microsoft 365

• Stencils, shapes and screen elements

• Saving and exporting documents in various formats

Getting off to a smooth start

• A blank drawing vs. a drawing from a template

• Drawing efficiently

• Grid and guides

• Shape properties and protection

• Aligning, distributing and grouping shapes

• Formatting shapes

• Text in shapes

• Foreground and background pages

• Page and print settings

• Working with layers

A simple diagram

• Working with Visio shapes

• Connecting shapes to each other

• Shape styles and design features

• Customizing Visio shapes

• The document stencil

• Creating your own stencils

• Saving a template

Business diagrams

• Flowcharts

• Organizational charts

• Pivot diagrams

• Gantt charts

• Timelines

• Import/export with MS Project

Maps and floor plans

• General principles

• Working to scale

• Office layout

• Dimensioning tools