Unit 1: The Visio environment

 Topic A: Visio basics

·          Creating a drawing

·          Examining the work area

·          Using Visio Help

 Topic B: Navigating in Visio

·          Opening a Visio drawing

·          Changing view settings

·          Navigating among drawing pages

 Topic C: Using windows and stencils

·          Manipulating stencils

 Topic D: Manipulating objects

·          Selecting and moving objects

·          Scaling and resizing an object

·          Saving and closing a drawing

 Unit 2: Drawing tools

 Topic A: Basic shapes and lines

·          Drawing basic shapes

·          Creating lines and arcs

·          Reshaping an arc

 Topic B: Compound lines

·          Creating a freeform line

·          Creating a compound line with the Line and Arc tools

·          Creating a compound line with the Pencil tool

·          Manipulating compound lines

 Topic C: Editing objects

·          Duplicating objects

·          Aligning objects

·          Distributing objects

·          Grouping objects

·          Rotating an object

 Unit 3: Basic diagrams

 Topic A: Planning your diagram

·          Discussing diagram planning

 Topic B: Creating a basic diagram

·          Adding shapes

·          Connecting shapes

·          Using connector shapes

 Topic C: Working with text

·          Creating and editing a text block

·          Adding paragraph text

·          Adding text to shapes

·          Adding text to connectors

·          Adjusting shape text

·          Rotating text

 Topic D: Working with organization charts

·          Creating an organization chart

·          Changing the layout of an organization chart

 Unit 4: Formatting drawings

 Topic A: Formatting text

·          Formatting text by using toolbars

·          Formatting text by using the Text dialog box

 Topic B: Formatting text blocks

·          Formatting a text block

·          Applying paragraph formatting to a text block

·          Adding bullets to a text block

 Topic C: Formatting shapes and lines

·          Formatting a shape

·          Customizing a shape

·          Using the Fill and Shadow dialog boxes

·          Formatting multiple shapes

·          Adding fill and line attributes to a text block

 Unit 5: Working with pages

 Topic A: Creating and setting up a drawing

·          Creating a drawing and setting file properties

·          Defining printer settings and page size

·          Setting page properties

 Topic B: Working with background pages

·          Creating a background page

·          Adding fields to a background page

·          Applying a background page

·          Editing a background page

 Topic C: Working with links

·          Adding a page link

·          Adding a hyperlink

·          Linking multiple files to a shape

·          Linking to an Excel file

 Topic D: Printing diagrams

·          Adding a header in Print Preview

·          Printing a diagram

 Unit 6: Network and brainstorming diagrams

 Topic A: Network diagrams

·          Using topology shapes in a network diagram

·          Adding a control handle

·          Adding and connecting topology shapes

·          Moving shape text

 Topic B: Rack diagrams

·          Creating a rack diagram

 Topic C: Brainstorming diagrams

·          Creating a brainstorming diagram

·          Exporting a brainstorming diagram to an XML file

·          Importing XML data into a brainstorming diagram

 Unit 7: Introduction to advanced features

 Topic A: Advanced layout and connection techniques

·          Using guides

·          Adding connection points

·          Selecting objects by type

·          Connecting shapes to new connection points

·          Changing Snap & Glue settings

 Topic B: Custom properties

·          Adding custom properties to shapes

·          Creating custom property sets

·          Applying user-defined custom properties

 Topic C: Reporting

·          Creating a report

·          Running a report

·          Updating a report

·          Formatting a Visio Table Report shape