Visio 2013 Essential Training

Whether you're creating an org chart, mapping a network, or drawing a floor plan, this course will help you master the intricacies of Visio 2013, the powerful diagramming and vector graphics software.

Author David Rivers helps you explore the Visio interface, from working with shapes, creating basic diagrams, and connecting diagrams to adding objects (text, graphics, and links), styling diagrams with themes, and formatting shapes, pictures, and text. The final chapters concentrate on creating different types of projects with Visio: org charts and brainstorming diagrams, timelines, calendars, floor plans, and prototypes. Topics include:

• Getting started with the Visio interface
• Modifying the Ribbon and Quick Access toolbar
• Using SmartShapes
• Connecting shapes
• Inserting text, pages, graphics, containers, and hyperlinks
• Formatting objects and text
• Showing and hiding elements
• Printing and publishing diagrams
• Creating layers
• Working with themes
• Building org charts, timelines, calendars, floor plans, and prototypes