Basic
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows 7: Basic, Windows Vista: Basic, Windows XP: Basic, or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: The start page
A-1: Exploring the Visio 2013 start page
A-2: Exploring the new diagram page
Topic B: The Visio 2013 interface
B-1: Exploring the Visio 2013 interface
B-2: Changing view settings
B-3: Navigating through drawing pages
B-4: Getting help using Visio 2013
Topic C: Windows, stencils, and objects
C-1: Working with windows
C-2: Selecting and moving objects
C-3: Scaling and resizing an object
Unit 2: Drawing tools
Topic A: Basic shapes and lines
A-1: Drawing basic shapes
A-2: Creating lines and arcs
A-3: Reshaping an arc
Topic B: Compound lines
B-1: Creating a freeform line
B-2: Creating a compound line with the Line and Arc tools
B-3: Creating a compound line with the Pencil tool
B-4: Manipulating compound lines
Topic C: Editing objects
C-1: Duplicating objects
C-2: Aligning objects
C-3: Distributing objects
C-4: Grouping objects
C-5: Rotating an object
Unit 3: Basic diagrams
Topic A: Planning a diagram
A-1: Discussing diagram planning
Topic B: Creating a basic diagram
B-1: Adding, connecting, and moving shapes
B-2: Manually connecting shapes
B-3: Applying connector shapes
Topic C: Working with text
C-1: Inserting and formatting text
C-2: Adding paragraph text
C-3: Adding text to shapes
C-4: Adding text to connectors
C-5: Rotating text
Topic D: Organization charts
D-1: Creating an organization chart
D-2: Changing the layout of an organization chart
Unit 4: Formatting drawings
Topic A: Formatting text
A-1: Applying basic text formats
A-2: Using the Text dialog box to format text
A-3: Applying themes
Topic B: Formatting shapes and lines
B-1: Applying Line and Fill styles
B-2: Applying a shadow effect
B-3: Using the Format Painter
Unit 5: Working with pages
Topic A: File and print properties
A-1: Setting file properties
A-2: Defining page size and print settings
A-3: Adding headers and footers in Print Preview
A-4: Printing a diagram
Topic B: Working with background pages
B-1: Creating a background page
B-2: Adding fields to a background page
B-3: Applying a background page
B-4: Inserting a graphic on background page
Topic C: Working with links
C-1: Creating links to pages and external files
C-2: Linking to multiple files
C-3: Linking to an Excel file
Unit 6: Network and brainstorming diagrams
Topic A: Network diagrams
A-1: Applying topology shapes in a network diagram
A-2: Creating a new connection
A-3: Adding and connecting topology shapes
A-4: Moving shape text
Topic B: Rack diagrams
B-1: Creating a rack diagram
Topic C: Brainstorming diagrams
C-1: Creating a brainstorming diagram
C-2: Adding shapes from the Outline window
C-3: Exporting a brainstorming diagram to XML
C-4: Importing XML data into a brainstorming diagram
Unit 7: Customization and reporting
Topic A: Layout and connection techniques
A-1: Using guides
A-2: Adding connection points
A-3: Selecting objects by type
A-4: Connecting shapes to new connection points
A-5: Changing Snap & Glue settings
Topic B: Shape properties
B-1: Adding custom properties to shapes
B-2: Creating custom property sets
B-3: Applying custom properties
Topic C: Reporting
C-1: Creating a report
C-2: Running a report
C-3: Updating a report
C-4: Formatting a Visio Table Report