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Flowcharts and Cross-Functional Flowcharts in Visio

This course discusses the flowcharts and cross-functional flowcharts in Visio. It shows how to create a basic flowchart, introduces flowchart templates, and…
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Intermediate Provider Elissa Smith  13 Lessons ·  34m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

This course discusses the flowcharts and cross-functional flowcharts in Visio. It shows how to create a basic flowchart, introduces flowchart templates, and shows how to format cross-functional flowcharts. It also explores adding swimlanes and separators. Finally, it discusses swimlane margins and shows how to change the cross-functional flowchart orientations of direction, style, and formatting.

What You'll Learn

  • Create a basic flowchart in Visio and auto connect shapes together
  • Edit auto connect shape options and build an off-page flowchart
  • Use other flowchart templates available in Visio
  • Create and edit cross-functional flowcharts by adding swimlanes, separators, and other shapes
  • Rename swimlanes, adjust borders, and update swimlane margins
  • Change cross-functional flowchart orientation of direction, style, and formatting

Key Takeaways

  • The course covers creating basic flowcharts in Visio, including auto connecting shapes and editing auto connect shape options.
  • It explains how to create an off-page flowchart and introduces other flowchart templates.
  • It defines what a cross-functional flowchart is and shows how to create one.
  • Learners add swimlanes and separators, rename swimlanes, adjust borders, add shapes, and update swimlane margins.
  • The course shows how to change a cross-functional flowchart's orientation of direction, style, and formatting.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this course?

You will learn to create a basic flowchart and to create and edit cross-functional flowcharts by adding swimlanes and other shapes in Visio.

What does this course cover?

It covers creating a basic flowchart, flowchart templates, formatting cross-functional flowcharts, adding swimlanes and separators, swimlane margins, and changing cross-functional flowchart orientation of direction, style, and formatting.

What is a cross-functional flowchart in this course?

The course includes a lesson titled 'What is a Cross Functional Flowchart?' and then shows how to create one, add swimlanes and separators, rename swimlanes, adjust borders, add shapes, and update swimlane margins.

What skills does this course help build?

It builds skills in Microsoft Visio, flowcharts, flow visualization, flow process charts, data flow diagrams, and product flow diagrams.

What software does this course use?

This course uses Microsoft Visio to create flowcharts and cross-functional flowcharts.