Graphic & Presentation Tools: MS Visio

When: 
Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 9:00am
Where: 
MDL-3116 (Media lab, third floor, College of Medicine near lecture halls)

Using Microsoft® Visio Pro 2013  

Duration: 2 Hours

Facilitator: Karen Spear Ellinwood, PhD, JD, EdS

Description

This workshop introduces participants to basic functionality of the Microsoft Visio Pro 2013 program. The software is covered by a UA Site License for UA faculty and staff. You may download the software by clicking here. Please consult UA ITS for AHSC colleges for assistance in installing it on your work computer.

What can Visio do?

Provides Templates for Various Project Types
  • Organization charts
  • Office room layouts
  • Program manuals/guides
  • Cross-functional flow charts
  • Basic flowcharts
  • Work flow diagrams
  • Concept charts
  • Customize your own documents
Creates Documents with Flair
  • Add pages to create multi-page documents
  • Create templates to suit your purposes
  • Design types & colors
Create Various Document Outputs
  • Export/Save as graphics (.jpg, .png)
  • Save as Microsoft® Office Visio Drawing
  • Save as PDF - multi-page documents (.pdf)
  • Interactive documents
  • Create hyperlink among pages within same document
  • Create hyperlinks to external websites
  • Attach hyperlinks to pages or individual objects

Enables Presentation Mode

 

Includes Graphic Tools
  • Symbols, Shapes & Icons
  • Locating & inserting graphic categories
  • Stylizing & resizing
  • Moving
  • Arranging layers
  • Freestyle Drawing with Ink Tools
  • Highlighter
  • Pen
  • Eraser
  • Pointer 

Materials

Participants will receive a guide to assist them in practicing these skills at work.