Course Content

Custom Stencils· 

• Creating a new stencil· 
• Finding the stencil path· 
• Adding custom shapes to a stencil· 
• Revising existing shapes· 
• Locking & protecting shapes

Working with templates· 

• Creating a template· 
• Finding the template path· 
• Adding a stencil to a template

Background Pages· 

• Creating a background page· 
• Applying a background page to a drawing page

More with Layers· 

• Creating new layers· 
• Assigning a master shape to a layer· 
• Working with layers on background pages· 
• Groups and layers

More with shapes· 

• Advanced formatting· 
• Creating a colour scheme· 
• Adding connection points to shapes· 
• Adding control points to shapes· 
• Using dynamic connector points· 
• Laying out shapes· 
• Snap and glue options· 
• Working with guides

PowerPoint and other Visio drawings· 

• Displaying Visio drawings in PowerPoint presentations· 
• Creating charts and graphs in Visio· 
• Project timelines

Working with Custom Properties· 

• Adding custom properties to a shape· 
• Editing a shape master’s custom properties· 
• Deleting a property· 
• Creating custom property sets·(XP and 2003 only) 
• Custom properties on drawings saved as HTML· 
• Using the custom property window