Microsoft Office Visio 2007 Complete Courseware Written by Kelvin Macdonald Published by Velsoft Interactive Inc
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(815) 366‐5865 www.velsoft.com www.velsoft.com © 2006 Velsoft.com Table of Contents Section 1: Getting Started.............................................................................................................. 1 Lesson 1.1: Starting Out ........................................................................................................................2 What is Microsoft Visio?......................................................................................................................................2 Visio Standard VS Visio Professional ..................................................................................................................3 What’s New in Visio 2007....................................................................................................................................5 Opening Microsoft Visio ......................................................................................................................................6 Interface Overview.............................................................................................................................................10 Closing Visio......................................................................................................................................................12 Lesson 1.2: Interacting with Visio.......................................................................................................15 Using Visio’s Menus ..........................................................................................................................................15 Using the Standard Toolbar...............................................................................................................................20 Using the Formatting Toolbar ...........................................................................................................................23 Moving Toolbars................................................................................................................................................24 Hiding and Showing Toolbars ...........................................................................................................................27 Using the Status Bar ..........................................................................................................................................28 Lesson 1.3: Working With Files ..........................................................................................................31 Saving Files........................................................................................................................................................31 Opening Files.....................................................................................................................................................34 Switching Between Open Files...........................................................................................................................37 Closing Drawings ..............................................................................................................................................40 Lesson 1.4: Using the Getting Started Window .................................................................................................43 Lesson 1.4: Using the Getting Started Window .................................................................................................43 Choosing a Template Category..........................................................................................................................44 Choosing a Template .........................................................................................................................................45 Searching for a Template...................................................................................................................................48 Opening a Recent Template or Drawing............................................................................................................55 Using a Sample ..................................................................................................................................................56 Templates, Stencils, and Shapes.........................................................................................................................58 Lesson 1.5: Getting Help in Visio ........................................................................................................60 Using the Help Window .....................................................................................................................................60 Using the Help Screen........................................................................................................................................65 Type a Question for Help ...................................................................................................................................73 Getting Help in a Task Pane or Dialogue Box...................................................................................................75 Section 1: Review Questions ................................................................................................................79 Section 2: Creating a Basic Drawing.......................................................................................... 81 Lesson 2.1: Creating a Basic Drawing ................................................................................................82 Using the Shapes Pane.......................................................................................................................................82 Adding Backgrounds..........................................................................................................................................90 Adding Borders and Titles .................................................................................................................................94 Adding Shapes....................................................................................................................................................97 Lesson 2.2: Basic Editing Commands.................................................................................................99 Selecting Shapes.................................................................................................................................................99 Using Cut, Copy, and Paste .............................................................................................................................105 Undo and Redo.................................................................................................................................................110