Visio Environment

SCREEN LAYOUT

• Standard Toolbar 
  
• Formatting Toolbar
  
• Task Pane 
  

File Commands

SAVING A FILE

• To Save a File for the First Time
  
• To Save an Existing File 
  

CLOSING A FILE

OPENING AN EXISTING FILE


Stencils

OPENING MORE STENCILS

MOVING BETWEEN STENCILS

CLOSING STENCILS

SEARCHING FOR A SHAPE ON A STENCIL


Working with Shapes

CREATING A SHAPE

SELECTING SHAPES

• To Select a Single Shape
  
• To Deselect A Shape 
  
• To Select Multiple Shapes Using the Keyboard 
  
• To Select Multiple Shapes Using the Multiple Select Tool 
  
• To Select Shapes Using the Area Select Tool 
  
• To Select Shapes Using the Lasso Select Tool 
  
• To Select All Shapes on a Page 
  

MOVING SHAPES

DELETING SHAPES

RESIZING SHAPES

• Resizing a Shape with the Mouse 
  
• Resizing a Shape with the Size & Position Window 
  

ROTATING SHAPES

• Changing the Centre of Rotation 
  

FLIPPING SHAPES

DUPLICATING/COPYING SHAPES

• Duplicating a Shape 
  
• Copying a Shape between Pages 
  
• Moving a Shape between Pages 
  

CHANGING THE ATTRIBUTES OF A SHAPE

• To Change Line (Border) Attributes 
  
• To Change Fill Attributes 
  

STACKING SHAPES

• Bringing Shapes to the Front/Back of a Stack 
  
• Bringing Shapes Forward/Backward One Level 
  

ALIGNING SHAPES

DISTRIBUTING SHAPES

GROUPING SHAPES

• To Group Selected Shapes 
  
• To Ungroup Shapes 
  
• Selecting a Shape within a Group 
  

Pages & Views

CREATING A NEW PAGE

•   Moving Between Pages 
  

ZOOMING

•   Zooming via the Toolbar 
  
• Zooming via the Menu 
  
• Zooming via Keyboard Shortcuts 
  

RULER & GRID

SNAP & GLUE

GUIDES

Working with Text

TEXT BOXES

•   Adding Text to a Drawing 
  
• Editing Text in a Text Box 
  
• Moving a Text Box 
  
• Resizing A Text Box 
  
• Rotating a Text Box 
  

SHAPES

• Adding Text to a Shape 
  
• Editing Text in a Shape 
  
• Moving Text in a Shape 
  
• Resizing a Text Frame in a Shape 
  
• Rotating a Frame in a Shape 
  

FORMATTING TEXT

•   To Select All Text in a Text Box or Shape 
  
• To Select Some of the Text in a Text Box or Shape 
  

ALIGNMENT OF TEXT

•   Horizontal Alignment 
  
• Vertical Alignment 
  

TABS WITHIN A TEXT BOX OR SHAPE

BULLETS WITHIN A TEXT BOX OR SHAPE

Connectors

OVERVIEW

USING THE AUTOCONNECT OPTION

CREATING A POINT-TO-POINT CONNECTION

CREATING A SHAPE-TO-SHAPE CONNECTION

• Connecting Multiple Shapes 
  

AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTED SHAPES

WORKING WITH CONNECTION POINTS

• Adding a Connection Point 
  

• Deleting a Connection Point 
  

WORKING WITH CROSS- FUNCTIONAL BANDS (SWIM LANES)

Drawing Shapes

Background Pages

INSERTING A BACKGROUND PAGE

ASSIGNING A BACKGROUND PAGE

CREATING A BACKGROUND PAGE FROM AN EXISTING PAGE

EDITING AN EXISTING BACKGROUND PAGE

Custom Stencils

THE FAVOURITES STENCIL

• Adding Shapes From an Existing Stencil to Favourites 
  
• Viewing Favourites 
  
• Adding Shapes From A Drawing to Favourites 
  
• Saving Changes to Favourites 
  

NEW STENCILS

• Creating a New Stencil 
  
• Adding Shapes to the New Stencil 
  

THEME COLOURS AND THEME EFFECTS

• Theme- Colours 
  
• Theme- Effects 
  

Printing

PRINT PREVIEW

PRINTING YOUR DRAWING

Visio & Other Applications