Before you begin
Prerequisites
Getting ready
Loading the project files
Software you will need
Curriculum Overview
About the manual
Chapter Overviews
Manual conventions

Learning your way around
Visio Professional overview
Starting a new file
The Interface
Standard file types
Changing view settings
Panning across the page
Navigating pages
Opening additional stencils
Manipulating Stencils
Scaling and resizing objects

Basic Techniques
Drawing tools overview
Drawing closed shapes

Creating open shapes
Reshaping with the Pencil tool
Drawing compound lines
Drawing with precision
Using the size and position window
Duplicating objects quickly
Aligning objects
Distributing objects
Quick analysis of connected drawings
Rotating objects

Creating a basic flow diagram
Flowcharting tips
Understanding master shapes
Placing shapes
Adding shapes with the rubber stamping tool
Connecting shapes
Using the connector tool
The connect shapes Command
Adjusting connection lines
Connecting shapes automatically
Basic text features
Adding text to shapes
Adding text to lines
Adjusting text blocks
Rotating text blocks
Formatting basics

Formatting text
Formatting text blocks
Formatting basics
Formatting text
Formatting text blocks
Formatting shapes
Formatting lines
Adding a background shape
Dynamic connections

Basic network diagramming
Starting a new file
Setting file properties
Page setup
Creating and applying background pages
Adding fields
Importing graphics
Using typology shapes
Connecting Ethernet shapes
Adding detail pages
Linking diagrams
Creating hyperlinks
Going to a specified link location
Linking to multiple files
Linking to other file types

Printing your charts

Diagramming and data
Using guides
Adding connection points
Selecting object types
Connecting shapes
Setting layout and routing options
Changing glue settings
Adding shape data
Creating custom properties
Setting unique custom properties
Generating property data reports
Using the property reporting wizard
Displaying custom properties in shapes
Creating custom formulas for fields
Working with spreadsheet data

Creating custom stencils
Creating custom stencils
The stencil toolbar
Creating new shapes
Adding shapes to the stencil
Adding imported shapes
Editing master shapes
Saving the stencil
Using the custom stencil