Free Online Microsoft Visio for Beginners Course

This free online Microsoft Visio for Beginners course will teach you how you can create concise, comprehensive, and easy to understand diagrams with Visio. In this course, your author takes you through how to make the most of this powerful diagramming tool. You will learn what Visio is and what it can provide for you, study how to access and navigate the help in Visio, learn how to use Visio?s interface for touch screen devices, and more!

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Introduction to Visio 2013 Course

In this module you’ll learn how to identify what Visio is and can provide for you. The module also covers how to access and navigate the Help section in Visio.

Workspace

In this module you’ll learn how to navigate your way around the Visio Workspace, as well as navigate and use the Ribbon. It also covers how to use Visio?s interface for touch screen devices.; Module

Creating a Drawing

In this module you’ll learn how to start a new drawing using predefined layouts, as well as start drawing shapes in Visio.; Module

Visio Options and Management

In this module you’ll learn how to enable and disable features in Visio. It also covers how to customize the settings in Visio. You’ll learn about the features and functionality of the Shapes Window, and learn to customize and set the status bar.

Rulers, Grids, Guides, Drawing Tools, and Shapes

In this module you’ll learn how to align shapes using the Dynamic grid. You’ll learn about how rules grids and guides work and help make your design easier. The module also covers how to select and duplicate shapes, resize and rotate shapes, and connect shapes using lines.

Pan, Zoom and Auto Features

In this module you’ll learn how to zoom in and out, and pan though your drawing. It also covers how to use the Autoconnect and Quick shapes for quickly drawing diagrams. It introduces Auto-add and Auto-delete as part of drawing diagrams. You’ll learn how to replace shapes in your drawing without deleting the original shape.

Using Text in Visio

In this module you’ll learn how to enter text into your shapes and lines. It also covers how to manipulate and format text in Visio, as well as how to rotate, align and position text in a drawing. You’ll also learn how to proof and spellcheck your Visio projects.

Page Setup

In this module you’ll learn how to save to OneDrive and SharePoint, and add locations for saving to. It also covers how to reduce the file size of a Visio drawing. You’ll learn how the size of your Visio drawing relates to the size of paper your going to print on, and about the three sizes involved in the printing and displaying drawings in Visio. You’ll be shown how to set backgrounds and borders to your Visio drawings, as well as make multi-page drawings and work with multi-page drawings.

Customization in Visio

In this module you’ll learn how to apply colours and use the fill command on your shapes in your drawing. It also covers how to format and apply effects to your lines in the drawing. You’ll also learn how to apply styles to individual shapes or groups of shapes, and distinguish the difference between styles and themes.

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