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LinkedIn Learning

Visio Tips and Tricks

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Discover techniques for how to leverage Visio, the Microsoft diagramming app. Learn how to customize options, master text and annotations, use keyboard shortcuts, and more.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching this course
  • Using the exercise files
1. Make Visio Your Own
  • Decode Visio versions and editions
  • Set Visio options
  • Manage the Drawing window
  • Manage secondary Visio windows
  • Customize the ribbon
  • Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Use the Developer Tab
2. Navigate Like a Pro
  • Be more selective
  • Select with layers
  • Zoom and position the drawing page
  • Navigate in a multipage diagram
  • Navigate page to page with hyperlinks
3. Master Use of Text and Annotations
  • Manage text on shapes
  • Insert text display fields
  • Annotate diagrams with comments
  • Annotate diagrams with callouts
4. Work More Efficiently
  • Master Visio keyboard shortcuts
  • Allign and size shapes on a page
  • Copy, paste, and duplicate shapes
  • Understand 1D and 2D shapes
  • Control lines and connections
  • Manage Connectors and Connection Points
  • Use AutoConnect and Quick Shapes
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Scott Helmers

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