Chapter 1: Get started with Visio 2016
Identify the editions of Visio 2016
Discover new features in Visio 2016
Get started in Visio 2016
Sidebar: Understand shapes, masters, stencils, and templates
Explore the Backstage view
The Info page
The New page
The Open page
The Save command
The Save As page
The Print page
The Share page
The Export page
The Close command
The Account page
The Visio Options dialog box
Understand tool tabs and add-in tabs
Use tool tabs
Use add-in tabs
Begin quickly by using starter diagrams
Explore the drawing window
Sidebar: How do I scroll through page name tabs?
Manage the Shapes window
Pan and zoom in the drawing window
Skills review
Practice tasks
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Chapter 2: Create diagrams
Place shapes by using the Dynamic Grid
Select shapes
Copy, paste, and duplicate shapes
Position shapes by using rulers and guides
Use rulers to align and size shapes
Use guides to align and size shapes
Resize, reposition, and reorient shapes
Use control handles
Use the Size & Position window
Connect shapes by using lines
Sidebar: Create 2-D shapes by using the line tools
Connect shapes by using dynamic connectors
Connect to shapes that contain connection points
Connect to shapes that do not contain connection points
Change connector style and segmentation
Sidebar: Identifying 1-D shapes and types of glue
Use AutoConnect and Quick Shapes
Use AutoAdd and AutoDelete
Use AutoAdd
Use AutoDelete
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 3: Manage text, shapes, and pages
Manage shape text
Add text to shapes
Reposition and resize shape text
Orient shape text
Create and format text boxes
Add ScreenTips and comments
Insert pictures
Replace shapes
Group shapes
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Understand and use layers
Manage pages
Work with foreground pages
Configure foreground pages
Manage Auto Size
Work with background pages and borders
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 4: Create business process diagrams
Select a flowchart template
Visio Standard
Visio Professional
Sidebar: Vertical or horizontal?
Create flowcharts
Sidebar: Dynamic or static glue?
Understand swimlane diagrams
Sidebar: Add-in tabs
Build swimlane diagrams
Understand BPMN
Design BPMN diagrams
Create subprocesses
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 5: Create organization charts
Understand organization charts
Review new features
Use org chart templates
Build organization charts manually
Use existing data to create an organization chart
Use the Organization Chart Wizard with new data
Alter layout and appearance
Change the layout
Arrange shapes
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Change shape appearance
Sidebar: The names keep changing!
Work with pictures
Apply themes
Import photographs as you create organization charts
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 6: Add style, color, and themes
Align and space shapes
Align shapes
Sidebar: What’s in front?
Space and orient shapes
Align and space shapes automatically
Understand theme concepts
Sidebar: Hand-drawn themes
Apply themes and variants
Choose themes and variants
Customize themes and variants
Use effects and Quick Styles
Highlight shapes by using effects
Embellish shapes by using Quick Styles
Apply solid, gradient, and pattern fills
Apply line colors and patterns
Use the Format Painter
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 7: Create network and datacenter diagrams
Build basic network diagrams
Build detailed network diagrams
Use 3-D equipment shapes
Sidebar: Where can I find more network shapes?
Create rack diagrams
Sidebar: What is a scaled drawing?
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Change the drawing scale
Sidebar: Enhance your network diagrams
Run computer and network reports
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 8: Work with shape data
Understand shape data
View shape data
Sidebar: Another way to view shape data
Sidebar: Finding the Shape Data window
Edit shape data
Modify shape data field attributes
View shape data field attributes
Change shape data field attributes
Define shape data fields
Insert fields
Run predefined reports
Create or modify reports
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 9: Visualize your data
Enhance diagram effectiveness
View network and datacenter performance
Improve processes
Manage casino operations
Manage employee performance
Assess risks
Create data graphics
Apply data graphics
Edit data graphics
Create data graphic legends
Skills review
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Practice tasks
Chapter 10: Link to external data
Understand data linking
Use Quick Import
Use Custom Import
Link your diagram to data
Link data to your shapes
Manage linked data
Identify links
Change column settings
Unlink data from shapes and diagrams
Use data graphic options for linked data
Refresh linked data
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 11: Add and use hyperlinks
Follow hyperlinks
Enhance diagrams by adding hyperlinks
Open the Hyperlinks dialog box
Link to another Visio page
Sidebar: What is a shape name? Where do I find it?
Link to a website
Link to a document
Link to a specific location in a document
Edit and delete existing hyperlinks
Add multiple hyperlinks
Understand relative and absolute hyperlinks
Set the hyperlink base
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 12: Print, reuse, and share diagrams
Preview and print drawings
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Remove personal information
Sidebar: What is Information Rights Management?
Create graphics
Save drawings in other file formats
Create templates
Sidebar: Where do I store custom templates?
Share diagrams by using the Visio Viewer
Publish diagrams to the web
View web-published diagrams
Set publishing options
Sidebar: What’s in a Visio-generated website and where is it stored?
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 13: Add structure to your diagrams
Understand containers, lists, and callouts
Compare groups and containers
Organize shapes by using containers
Use containers
Format containers
Sidebar: On the border
Organize shapes by using lists
Add shapes to lists
Format and size lists
Find containers and lists in Visio
Explore swimlanes
Build wireframes
Insert data graphic legends
Annotate shapes by using callouts
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 14: Validate diagrams
Understand Visio rules
Validate flowcharts and swimlane diagrams
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Validate flowcharts
Validate swimlane diagrams
Validate BPMN diagrams
Reuse existing validation rule sets
List the rules in a rule set
Create new validation rules
Skills review
Practice tasks
Chapter 15: Collaborate and publish diagrams
Understand Visio Services in SharePoint
Store diagrams in SharePoint
View diagrams by using a web browser
Refresh diagrams saved in SharePoint
Collaborate on diagrams
Comment on diagrams
Coauthor diagrams
Skills review
Practice tasks
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