Lesson 1: Customizing Visio
Working with Toolbars
Opening Toolbars
Dragging and Dropping Toolbars
Adding Commands to Toolbars
Working with Windows
Working with Stencil Windows
Lesson 2: Using the Drawing Tools
Drawing Basics
Drawing Closed Shapes
Drawing Lines and Arcs
Drawing Segmented Lines
Reshaping Lines
Advanced Drawing Techniques
Drawing with Precision
Using Operation Commands
Lesson 3: Custom Shapes
Using Custom Shapes
Creating a Custom Shape
Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing
Enhancing a Drawing with Custom Shapes
Using an External gGaphic in a Drawing
Using Custom Shapes to Enhance Existing Shapes
Lesson 4: Advanced Stencil Techniques
Custom Stencils
Creating a New Stencil
Adding Custom Shapes to a Stencil
Customizing Stencil Masters
Editing Master Properties
Formatting a Master in a Stencil
Adding and Directing Connection Points
Applying Behaviors to a Custom Shape
The Document Stencil
Retrieving Shapes from the Document Stencil
Lesson 5: Templates, Styles, and Layers
Working with Templates
Creating a New Template
Using a Custom Template
Formatting and Linking Shapes
Defining New Styles
Applying and Editing Styles
Adding Links to Shapes
Layers
Viewing Layer Properties
Manipulating Layers
Lesson 6: Sharing Your Work
Object Linking and Embedding
Placing a Visio Drawing in MS Word
Working with External Data
Preparing Shapes in the Document Stencil
Printing Techniques
Using the Print Preview Feature
Working with Page Breaks
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