Visio tutorial

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Visio tutorial

• Goal learn to use Visio to create sketches and
  simple drawings
• Creation of multi page drawings with backgrounds
• Use of pre-existing objects
• Drawing new objects
• Connections
• Use of Snap to
• Stencils

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Creation of drawings Setup a new page with
background

• Open Visio and setup a drawing
• Note
• Rulers indicating drawing scale
• Grid providing snap to feature
• Page indicator at bottom of page
• Toolbars View/Toolbars to change Keep
  Standard and Formatting
• Use Page Setup to set
• Page layout (landscape/portrait)
• Paper size
• Drawing scale
• Page properties (foreground page or background
  page)
• Create new background page
• Edit/Goto/Page../New
• Set the new page property to background
• Set the properties of page 1 to use the
  background (File/Page Setup/Page Properties)
• Select appropriate drawing stencil(s)

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Setup Background / Main Page

• Open Stencils/Visio Extras/Title Blocks
• Select the Background page
• Drag an auto sizing frame from the stencil to the
  background page
• Select Main Page (Page 1)
• Drag and position a title block from the stencil
  to the page
• Use ltshiftgtltctlgtdrag to zoom in on title box
• Fill in the blanks in the title block
• Note
• Scale in title box (Visio can automate drawing
  objects)
• Page no. in title box
• Select View/Last Zoom to return to last view

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Assemble a flowchart drawing

• Open a flowchart stencil File/Stencils/Flowchart
  /Basic Flowchart Shapes
• Place an object Drag and position a terminator
  from the stencil to the drawing
• Note the connection points on the terminator
  object (blue xs)
• connecting lines can be drawn from these to other
  objects
• Note sizing handles on the object (green squares)
  when the object is selected
• Label the object Double click the object and
  type the label text
• Format the fill of the object
• Select the object
• Select Format/Fill and select the options
• Place another object, label it, and format it
• Use the Connector Tool to draw a connection
  between connection points on the objects
• Format the connection Select the connection and
  use Format/Line
• Put arrowheads on the connection

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Additional skills

• Duplicate objects use ltctlgtdrag to drag and
  duplicate
• Paste format use the paste format tool
• Shadows Use Format/Shadow to add shadows
• Object properties Right click on object to
  inspect properties
• Reports Use Tools/Report to generate a report
  of properties
• Titles Use the text tool to insert a text box
• Page color scheme Right click page and select
  color schemes