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Microsoft Office 2021: Visio Advanced

Learn the advanced features of Microsoft Visio such as designing a wireframe website, wireframe mobile app, and customizing stencils and templates.
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced Provider Ali Green  9 chapters ·  23 Lessons ·  2h 13m  in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese 

Course Description

In today’s world, designing a plan for our tasks is essential, especially for maintaining quality and assuring that our projects achieve positive results. This course on Microsoft Visio Advanced is intended to prepare you to accomplish those goals.

In this course we will dive into the advanced features of Microsoft Visio. We’ll explore how to create a mock up website with the wireframe website template, which helps designers envision how their website should look and function before they invest significant time or money into it. You will also learn how to design a mobile app with the wireframe mobile app template.

We will also explore how to create and customize stencils for later use in other diagrams, which helps reduce redundancy in your work routines by centralizing all your most frequently used shapes in one location. Later on, you’ll learn how to create your own customized templates, and we’ll go over some of Visio’s most useful shortcut keys so you can get things done quickly and easily.

What You'll Learn

  • Create wireframe website mock-ups using the wireframe website template
  • Design mobile apps with the wireframe mobile app template
  • Create and customize stencils, including saving shapes to the Favorites stencil for reuse
  • Build and save your own customized Visio templates
  • Create, review, and customize pivot diagrams
  • Apply Visio shortcut keys for the environment, shapes, and text to work more quickly

Key Takeaways

  • The course covers advanced Microsoft Visio features, including wireframe website and mobile app templates, custom stencils, and custom templates.
  • Custom stencils let you centralize your most frequently used shapes in one location to reduce redundancy in your work routines.
  • The course teaches how to insert Excel data into Visio and create, review, and customize pivot diagrams.
  • Lessons include creating 3D network and Azblueprints diagrams, applying and modifying metadata on shapes, and exporting and printing Visio drawings.
  • Visio shortcut keys for the environment, shapes, and text are covered to help you complete tasks quickly and easily.

Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in this Microsoft Visio Advanced course?

You will dive into the advanced features of Microsoft Visio, including creating wireframe website and mobile app mock-ups, creating and customizing stencils, building custom templates, creating pivot diagrams, and using Visio's shortcut keys.

Does this course cover wireframing for websites and mobile apps?

Yes. The course shows how to create a mock-up website with the wireframe website template and how to design a mobile app with the wireframe mobile app template, helping designers envision how a site or app should look and function before investing significant time or money.

What skills does this course help develop?

The course is associated with Configuration Design, Mobile Application Design, and Web Design skills.

Does the course cover working with data and other applications in Visio?

Yes. It covers inserting Excel data into Visio, creating and reviewing pivot diagrams, exporting Visio data, printing and exporting a Visio drawing, and using Visio with other applications.

What are the main learning objectives of this course?

The stated learning objectives are to learn how to create wireframe mobile apps, explain how to customize and save stencils, and understand how to create a pivot diagram.