COMPUTER SKILLS
Computer skills are a valuable addition to any employee’s personal portfolio and can greatly increase your desirability to employers.
Overview
This two-day course is designed to help delegates to produce diagrams and floor plans.
Objectives
- Understanding the Visio interface and its many templates
- Creating route maps and using shapes
- Create Process Diagrams and Cross-Functional Process Diagrams
- Create Floor Plans, Office Layouts and other plan related functions, such as Electrical & Plumbing
- Create Pivot Diagrams, Organizational Charts from external data
- Import a Project Plan
Course Prerequisite
Language of Delivery
English
Delivery Methods
Course is facilitated by a competent & experienced subject matter trainer, who utilises the following techniques to ensure that the session is practical and experiential:Â Questions; Discussion; Exercises & Assessments.
Who should attend?
Any health and safety officer who has to by law create illustrations with fire escape routes and display them at various sections in the office. Also, anyone who needs to create floor plans, office plans, organizational charts and IT architecture designs.
Duration
2 Days
Includes:
- Comprehensive Manual
- Lunch & Refreshments (not applicable to on-site training)
- Electronic Certificate (on successful completion of the course)
- Electronic Trainer Feedback Report
- Electronic Delegate Feedback Questionnaire
Course outline
| Module 1 | Explore the Visio Interface Templates Understanding Stencils Getting Help |
| Module 2 | Creating Road Maps Using Stencils Using the Stamp Tool Using Shapes from other Stencils Search for Shapes Manipulate Shapes Selecting & Deselecting Shapes Deleting Shapes Understand Shapes Shape Connection Points The Pan & Zoom Window The Size & Position Window Manipulating 1-D & 2-D Shapes Using Layout Guides Using Guide Points The Format Painter Changing the Stacking Order |
| Module 3 | Enhancing Basic Diagrams Grouping Shapes Aligning Shapes Spacing Shapes Numbering Shapes Formatting Shapes Using Containers to clarify structure of Diagrams |
| Module 4 | Creating Process Diagrams Creating Flowcharts The Auto-connect Feature Types of Connectors Adding Text to Connectors Page Types Creating a Foreground Page Creating a Background Page Applying Theme Colours & Effects Create a Cross-Functional Flow Chart |
| Module 5 | Creating Organizational Charts Organizational Chart Shape Types Arranging the Organizational Chart Create Subordinates Format an Organization Chart |
| Module 6 | Working with Custom Shapes Using the Drawing Tools Using Basic Shapes Enhancing & Aligning Basic Shapes |
| Module 7 | Create Custom Stencils Document Stencils Customizing the Stencil Master Master Properties Edit a Master Shape |
| Module 8 | Templates Headers & Footers Backgrounds Protecting the Background Converting a Foreground to a Background |
| Module 9 | Create a Scaled Office Layout or Floor Plan Adjusting the Drawing Scale Ruler Zero Point Convert to Walls Command Working with Layers Adding & Editing Layers |
| Module 10 | Presenting external Data in Visio Creating Pivot Diagrams & Organizational Charts using Excel Data Inserting Hyperlinks Setup a Gantt Chart Summary Tasks Subordinate Tasks Data Columns Adjust the Time Unit Print a Large Gantt Chart |
| Module 11 | Linking Visio drawings to other Applications Converting a Visio Drawing to a Web Page Printing a Drawing Change the Drawing Page or Printer Paper Size |