Visio 2003 Advance Course

VISIO 2003 ADVANCE

In this course, you will expand on the knowledge you gained in the Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 course. You will work with many advanced features, including using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing your Visio drawings with other applications.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following Element K course or have equivalent knowledge:

	Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 for Windows

	Hardware/Software Requirements
	A PC with a Pentium 200 MHz or higher processor. Pentium III recommended.
	Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 Professional, or Windows XP Professional.
	At least 128 MB of RAM (256 MB of RAM recommended).
	110 MB of available hard disk space for software installation, and an additional 5 MB for the course data files.
	A CD-ROM drive.
	VGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution monitor with 256 colors.
	Microsoft Visio 2003 Professional.
	Microsoft Word.
	Microsoft Internet Explorer

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

	Open and manipulate toolbars and stencil windows in the work area.
	Change background settings to enhance specific drawings.
	Use the drawing tools and Operation command features to create new custom shapes.
	Integrate both simple and complex custom shapes in a drawing.
	Create new masters in a stencil and edit masters.
	Use the Document stencil to quickly take inventory of all the shapes used in a drawing.
	Create a new custom template and use it to quickly create a drawing.
	Create and use styles to quickly format multiple shapes in a drawing.
	Use layers to organize and control shapes in a drawing.
	Link a Visio drawing within a Microsoft Word document and update any changes.
	Link shapes in a drawing to information contained in an external database.
	Convert a drawing to a Web page.
	Use several techniques for preparing a drawing for printing.