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    Microsoft Visio 2013 Basics
    Microsoft Visio 2013 Basics
    Microsoft Visio 2013 Basics
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    Microsoft Visio 2013 Basics

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    This book helps you to learn the basics of Microsoft Visio 2013 using brief explanations, and step-by-step examples. It starts with creating basic flow chart. This process gives you an overview about how to create diagrams and helps you to learn additional functionalities. The proceeding tutorials will help you to work with various types of diagrams that can be created using Visio.

    • Get used to the User Interface

    • Learn to create Basic flow charts

    • Use themes and backgrounds

    • Validate and publish diagrams

    • Create Brainstorming diagrams

    • Create Organizational Charts and Pivot diagrams

    • Import external data

    • Link external data to the diagram

    • Create Data graphics

    • Create Calendars and Timelines

    • Create Detailed Network Diagrams

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTutorial Books
    Release dateMar 6, 2015
    ISBN9781507088548
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      Microsoft Visio 2013 Basics - Tutorial Books

      Introduction

      Welcome to the Visio 2013 Basics book. This book is written to assist students, planners, and IT professionals in create diagram, chart, and plans. It covers the important features and functionalities of Visio 2013 using relevant examples and exercises.

      This book is written for new users, who can use it as a self-study resource to learn Visio 2013. In addition, it can also be used as a reference for experienced users. This book is focused on creating basic flowcharts, brainstorming diagrams, organization charts, pivot diagram, timelines, calendars, and detailed network diagrams.

      Topics covered in this Book

      Getting Started with Visio 2013, introduces Microsoft Visio 2013. The user interface and terminology are discussed in this section.

      Tutorial 1, Creating Basic Flow Charts, teaches you to create basic diagrams using Visio stencils.

      Tutorial 2, Validating Diagrams, teaches you to check the diagrams for any errors.

      Tutorial 3, Applying Themes to Diagrams, shows you change the appearance of the diagram by applying various themes, colors, and background.

      Tutorial 4, Publishing your Diagrams, teaches you to print diagrams.

      Tutorial 5, Creating Brainstorming Diagram, teaches you to create brainstorming diagrams.

      Tutorial 6, Creating Organizational Charts, teaches you to create organizational charts.

      Tutorial 7, Creating Organizational Charts using Wizard, teaches you to create an organizational chart by entering data in an excel sheet.

      Tutorial 8, Creating Organizational Charts using External Data, teaches you to create an organizational chart using an existing data. It also shows you to link data to shapes.

      Tutorial 9, Creating Pivot Diagrams, covers how to create Pivot diagrams using an existing data.

      Tutorial 10, Creating Calendars, covers how to create calendars and add events.

      Tutorial 11, Creating Timelines, covers how to create project timelines.

      Tutorial 12, Creating Detailed Network Diagrams, covers how to create network diagrams.

      Getting Started with Visio 2013

      Introduction to Visio 2013

      Visio 2013 is a software programme for presenting the information in a graphical manner. You can create professional diagrams, drawings and other graphical data related to engineering, business, networking, software, and other fields. Visio 2013 makes it easy to capture your ideas graphically, and then modify them frequently. In addition to that, you can create drawings with great accuracy.

      Templates available in Visio 2013

      Visio 2013 offers many templates to carry out different types of diagrams. For example, Visio 2013 provides you with the Organization Chart template to create good-looking organizational diagrams. Likewise, there are many templates to create diagrams such as architectural plans, flow charts, calendars, network diagrams, electrical diagrams, brainstorming diagrams and so on.

      Starting Visio 2013

      To start Visio 2013, click the Visio 2013 icon on the windows grid.  The Backstage appears as shown. You can select different types of templates from the Backstage to start new drawing.

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      Starting a New Blank Drawing

      Click the Blank Drawing template on the initial screen, and then select the units of measurement. Click the Create icon on the dialog. A new drawing without any predefined shapes will appear.

      User Interface

      The following image shows the Visio 2013 application window.

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      Various components of the user interface are:

      Quick Access Toolbar

      The Quick Access Toolbar has some commonly used commands such as New, Open, Save, Undo, Redo, Regenerate, and so on. You can add more commands to the Quick Access Toolbar by clicking on the down-arrow next to it, and then selecting commands from the drop-down menu. You can also use the More Commands option and add new commands from the Visio Options dialog.

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      File Menu

      The File Menu appears when you click on the File tab located at the top left corner of the window. The File Menu has a list of self-explanatory menus. You can start a new file, open an existing file, save, print, share, and export files using the File Menu. Click Options on the File Menu to open the Options dialog.

      The General page shows the options related to the user interface, office theme, and personalization.

      The Proofing page shows the spelling and AutoCorrect options.

      The Save page shows the options to set the file format, auto recovery settings, and server files location.

      The Language page shows the options to set the language preferences.

      The Advanced page shows the editing, display, save/open, and general options. Under the General section, check the Run in developer mode option to show additional options in the User Interface.

      The Customize Ribbon page allows

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