June 2011
Beginner
5h 23m
English
Overview
Get comfortable with Microsoft Visio 2010, the latest version of Microsoft Visio. Don’t just read about it: see it and hear it with over four hours of step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered through the Free Web Edition that comes with every USING book.
Chapter 1: Introducing Visio 2010
Tell Me More Media 1.1—About the Author and Why He Loves Visio
Show Me Media 1.2—Creating a Simple Visio Flowchart
Show Me Media 1.3—Panning and Zooming a Diagram Using the Status Bar and Pan & Zoom Window
Show Me Media 1.4—A Whirlwind Tour of Visio Shape Handles
Chapter 2: Working Around the Diagram
Show Me Media 2.1—Quickly Sketching with Blank Drawings
Show Me Media 2.2—Understanding External Stencils, Local Masters, and the Document Stencil
Show Me Media 2.3—Adding and Manipulating New Pages
Show Me Media 2.4—Adding Background Pages Manually
Tell Me More Media 2.5—Making PowerPoint-Style Presentations with Visio
Chapter 3: Organizing and Annotating Diagrams
Show Me Media 3.1—Organizing Shapes with Containers
Show Me Media 3.2—Creating Grouped Shapes
Tell Me More Media 3.3—When to Use Groups
Show Me Media 3.4—Adding Callouts to Shapes
Show Me Media 3.5—Cool Tricks with Legacy Callout Shapes
Chapter 4: Connecting Shapes
Show Me Media 4.1—Basic Connecting in Visio 2010
Show Me Media 4.2—Grand Tour of Connection Options
Tell Me More Media 4.3—Connector Begins and Ends: Structure vs. Cosmetics
Chapter 5: Aligning, Arranging, and Laying Out Shapes
Show Me Media 5.1—Using the Dynamic Grid to Align Shapes in Visio 2010
Tell Me More Media 5.2—Tricking Auto Align & Space into Tidying-up Non-connected Shapes
Tell Me More Media 5.3—Figure 5.8 is a Visio Drawing!
Show Me Media 5.4—Experimenting with Layout in Visio 2010
Show Me Media 5.5—More Layout Settings
Chapter 6: Working with Individual Shapes
Show Me Media 6.1—Quickly Copying Shapes to Create a Matrix in Visio 2010
Tell Me More Media 6.2—Tabbing Between Shapes
Show Me Media 6.3—Formatting Shapes in Visio 2010
Show Me Media 6.4—Modifying the Text Block of a Shape
Chapter 7: Working with Data
Tell Me More Media 7.1—Turning Many Symbols into One Shape Using Shape Data
Show Me Media 7.2—Creating Shape Data Fields in Visio 2010
Show Me Media 7.3—Linking Shape Data Fields to External Data Using the Database Wizard
Show Me Media 7.4—Using Link Data to Link Data to Shapes
Show Me Media 7.5—Creating and Applying Data Graphics
Chapter 8: Tips for Creating Specific Types of Diagrams
Show Me Media 8.1—Creating a Subprocess Using Visio Standard and Pro
Show Me Media 8.2—Using the UI Enhancements for Cross-functional Flowcharts
Show Me Media 8.3—Using Walls, Windows, and Doors in a Visio 2010 Office Plan
Show Me Media 8.4—Using Dimension Lines
Chapter 9: Printing
Show Me Media 9.1—Exploring Print Preview
Show Me Media 9.2—Testing Print Settings by Printing to PDF or XPS Files
Tell Me More Media 9.3—Don’t Resize Shapes, Configure Printer Settings!
Show Me Media 9.4—Creating a “Proof Sheet” for a Multi-page Document
Chapter 10: Sharing, Publishing, and Exporting Visio Diagrams
Show Me Media 10.1—Saving a Visio Document as a Web Page
Show Me Media 10.2—Searching Web Pages
Show Me Media 10.3—Matching Themes When Copying Visio Graphics to PowerPoint
Tell Me More Media 10.4—Unremoved Personal Information Horror Stories
Chapter 11: Developing Custom Visio Solutions
Show Me Media 11.1—Exploring the ShapeSheet
Show Me Media 11.2—Creating the Smart Pointy Box using the ShapeSheet
Show Me Media 11.3—Adding Smart Resizing Behavior to Subshapes of a Group
Tell Me More Media 11.4—Extending the CreateNewNote Subroutine
Show Me Media 11.5—Displaying Custom Templates in Choose a Template with Custom Preview Images
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