Visio Quick Tips

Course details

Want to work smarter in Visio, the popular diagramming software? Tune into this course to get quick answers to your most urgent Visio questions. Visio MVP Scott Helmers shares more than two dozen bite-sized tips for making the most of the software's tools and features. Discover how to efficiently work with shapes and text, including how to align and resize shapes, and how to add and reposition shape text. Get advice on how to move around in a diagram most effectively, make background pages for logos, and create PowerPoint slides from a diagram. Plus, get Scott's expert take on how to leverage the power of data in Visio.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Visio quick tips

1. Working with Shapes

02 - Restore a missing Shapes pane
03 - AutoConnect and Quick Shapes
04 - Dynamic grid - Position shapes on the page
05 - Dynamic grid - Align and resize shapes
06 - Duplicate shapes
07 - Align and distribute shapes
08 - Draw rectangles, squares, ellipses, and circles
09 - Draw straight lines, arcs, and freeform lines
10 - Organize shapes with containers
11 - Work with swimlanes
12 - Lines vs. dynamic connectors
13 - Use static glue
14 - Use dynamic glue

2. Working with Text

15 - Add text to shapes
16 - Move the text block to a new location
17 - Best practices for text

3. Working with Pages

18 - Top five pan and zoom shortcuts
19 - Top four diagram navigation shortcuts
20 - Create background pages for logos and graphics
21 - Create background pages with borders and title blocks
22 - Duplicate pages
23 - Create PowerPoint slides from a Visio diagram
24 - Temporarily suspend snap to grid

4. Leveraging Data

25 - Find the Shape Data window
26 - Utilize Shape Data fields
27 - Run reports
28 - Link to external data
29 - Link data to shapes
30 - Create shapes from external data
31 - Update external data and refresh diagrams

Conclusion

32 - Next steps

Visio Quick Tips

Authors

Scott Helmers