Microsoft Visio course: from the basics to finished diagrams and visualizations

In this first lesson, you will get an overview of how the Visio course is structured and what you will learn in the course. You will be shown all the important learning objectives and you will be given a structure for how to proceed in the course.

In this video you will learn why you should use Microsoft Visio as visualization software and what advantages the application offers.

Now let's start with Visio! We will now start the application and learn how to open, close and save Visio. I'll give you some important tips along the way.

How is the Visio user interface structured? In this video, I will show you how Visio is structured and which tabs are located in the application.

Visio offers us numerous templates that we can use for our applications. Let's take a look at the most important ones!

There are various setting options in the options dialog. Let's take a closer look at these.

Learning an application is just like learning a language. Therefore, in this lesson you will learn the most important basic terms of Visio.

The project file contains screenshots of Visio with the basic terms shown in the video.

Let's now start with drawing sheets and the Visio status bar.

How can we insert illustrations into Visio? This will be the subject of this lesson.

Shapes are so-called drawing objects in Visio that help us to visualize. In this lesson, we will now begin to look at these objects.

When inserting, it is also possible to insert text and links. You can find out how this works in practice in this video.

We can also set links to drawing sheets. Let's take a look at this in this lesson!

The clipboard can be used to copy elements and paste them back into a suitable location. There are numerous tips for this, which you will learn about in this video.

The arrangements of drawing objects in Visio can be managed in different ways. In this video we learn all about the arrangements.

Customizing the quick access allows us to work with Visio even faster. In this lesson, you will learn all the important tips.

The ribbon customization can also be user-defined. You will learn how to do this in this lesson.

Let's now take a look at shapes in Visio. Here you will learn everything about inserting, duplicating and moving shapes.

What shape categories are there and how can you search for selected shapes? That's what you'll learn in this lesson.

Shapes can also be rotated and mirrored. Let's take a closer look at this in the video.

If there are several shapes, they can also be arranged in groups. Here you will learn everything about grouping and positioning shapes.

How can we format shapes and use effects? Find out all about it in the video.

Shapes can also be connected. Let's take a look at this in the video.

Labels make it possible to place texts on shapes. How do labels work in practice?

The presentation mode enables us to present the results of our work in the drawing appropriately. Here you will learn everything about the presentation mode and the display options.

In this video you will learn everything about the task areas and zoom in Visio.

Basically, you can work with multiple windows in Visio. Let's take a look at the different views in this video.

The VBA scripting language can be used to automate work processes in Visio. Here you can find out everything about simple applications with macros.

Let's now move on to an application example in which we intelligently change the color of shapes.

The Design tab offers us numerous options. Let's start by setting up our drawing sheet.

Various designs and variants are available as standard, which we would like to take a closer look at in this lesson.

Let's now use backgrounds and layouts to customize our workspace.

How can work results be printed in Visio? Here you can find out everything about printing drawing sheets in Visio.

The header and footer can also be managed user-defined in Visio.

How can work files be shared? Learn all about sharing files here.

Exporting drawing sheets allows us to convert Visio files into PDF files.

Visio can be connected to different data sources. In this video, we will link an Excel file with Visio.

In this video we will link an Access database with Visio.

There are numerous add-ins in Excel - including the interface to Visio via the Visio Data Visualizer.

Spelling and language can also be managed in Visio - via the Review tab.

How can comments be used in Visio?

The organization chart visualization form allows us to depict hierarchical structures in Visio. In this video, you will learn all about this form of visualization.

There are numerous configuration options when creating an organization chart, which we will look at in this lesson.

To complete the organizational charts, we will now import and export our data.

Next, we will look at the flowchart visualization form.

In addition to a simple flowchart, we can also use a cross-functional flowchart.

Another popular form of visualization in Visio is the network diagram. Let's take a look at this diagram in this lesson.

Next, we will look at the room plan overview and floor plan visualization in Visio.

Layers allow us to make advanced use of shapes in Visio. How can you use them? You'll learn in this video!

BPMN stands for Business Process Modeling Notation. These visualizations help us to model processes in Visio.

So far, we have used numerous stencils with individual shapes in Visio. It is also possible to create your own stencils. You can learn how to do this in this video.

The Gantt chart or bar chart overview helps us to visualize projects appropriately. We can use this form of visualization in Visio.

We can use the calendar diagram to model time structures. Here you can plan events and appointments precisely in the calendar.

Finally, I would like to thank you for your interest in my Microsoft Visio course. I hope you were able to gain many valuable tips from the course that you can use for your projects in Visio. I wish you continued success and best regards, Fabio.