CS205 Visio © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Introduction Visio – a program for creating graphics Backgrounds Borders & titles Blocks & Shapes Arrows Circles Spheres Cubes © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Who Uses Visio? Software designers Process planners Relationships among program segments Process planners Operations that affect the product Operations that assist the work flow Managers (hierarchy diagrams) Responsibilities Data flow Money flow © 2012 D. J. Foreman
e.g.; from my website © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Tailored road maps © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Rapid shipping system © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Financial auditing Paper or online documents Database Decision © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Features Insertable objects, as in Word or PowerPoint Shapes Text Data Object connector-linking Allows moving objects w/o breaking links Multiple connection points Add new connection points © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Formatting Text – same as word processors Color Font Style Size Background Shadows © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Formatting 2 Shapes Size Position Connection Rotation Grouping Color/theme Or create your own © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Templates Grouped collections of predefined shapes and/or diagrams Resizable Connectable Can be grouped & overlayed Cover many fields of interest Each group has multiple collections Each collection has multiple graphics © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Templates -1 © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Templates-2 © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Templates -3 © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Templates -4 © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Templates -5 © 2012 D. J. Foreman
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Templates -7 © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Getting Started Click a group name to start Open MS Visio You should see the “Getting Started” screen If not, click File, New, Getting started List of template groups appears on left, collections in center of screen Click a group name to start Double-click on a collection in that group Blank “page” will appear with members of that collection on the left Drag members to page to create your drawing © 2012 D. J. Foreman
Adding from another group Click on File, Shapes Expand menus, click on a group Expand menus, select a collection Drag elements to your drawing © 2012 D. J. Foreman