Microsoft VISIO

Turn concepts into clear visuals with Visio the go-to tool for building professional diagrams, floor plans, org charts, and process flows.

Introduction

Visio is the ideal tool for creating scale floor plans, organisations charts, network diagrams, complex flow charts, in fact any diagram. In this our introductory/intermediate course we will cover the fundamentals of working with Visio and the built-in stencils, look at how to create and connect diagrams, add objects, and format shapes, pictures, text, and more. We will then focus on creating some of the more commonly used diagram* types.

*These can be customised to suit your organisation’s needs, please discuss when booking.

What will I learn?

Participants will gain the skills and insights to:

• Navigate the Visio workspace and create professional diagrams from scratch
• Work confidently with stencils, shapes, connectors, containers, and themes
• Build organisation charts, brainstorm maps, floorplans, and more
• Align, layer, and format diagrams to produce polished, print-ready outputs
• Customise pages, structure layouts, and export drawings for different uses

Who is this Course for?

This course is designed for professionals who want to communicate ideas visually using diagrams. It’s ideal for team members in operations, IT, facilities, admin, project management, HR, and business analysis roles. No prior Visio experience is needed.

What to expect?

In this course, you will gain a clear understanding of how to use Microsoft Visio to create diagrams that bring structure and clarity to complex information.

You’ll explore the key tools and features that make Visio such a powerful visual communication tools from working with shapes, connectors, and containers to building diagrams like flowcharts, organisation charts, and floor plans.

Through guided practice, you’ll learn how to format your diagrams for maximum impact and use Visio’s built-in templates to streamline your work.

By the end of this course, you’ll feel confident creating professional diagrams that communicate processes, structures, and ideas with precision.

How will it help me?

By attending this course, you will:

• Quickly bring clarity to complex processes, structures, or systems
• Save time with reusable stencils, templates, and shape formatting
• Boost collaboration by creating diagrams your team can easily understand and work with
• Improve the quality of reports and presentations by integrating clear visuals
• Develop skills that support effective communication across projects and departments

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Learn more about Microsoft VISIO course

Getting To Know Visio

• Creating A new drawing
• The visio interface
• Saving A new drawing

Working With Stencils

• Within the shapes window
• Quick shapes
• Creating A custom stencil
• Opening & closing a stencil
• Editing A stencil

Working With Shapes

• Placing shapes from A stencil
• Changing and ordering shapes
• Create new shapes
• Grouping and ungrouping shapes
• Aligning & distributing shapes
• Formatting shapes
• Protecting shapes

Working With Connectors

• Connecting shapes
• Automatically adding connected shapes
• Connecting existing shapes
• Inserting and deleting shapes
• Adding text to connectors
• Changing connectors

Containers

• Adding containers
• Adding shapes to A container
• Formatting containers
• Deleting containers

Working With Text

• Adding text to shapes
• Adding text to the page
• Aligning and moving text
• Creating bulleted lists

Themes

• Understanding themes
• Applying a themes

Working With Pages

• Inserting, deleting and naming pages
• Duplicating pages and changing page order
• Adding headers and footers
• Page size and orientation
• Working with gridlines and rulers

Outputting Drawings

• Using print preview
• Fitting A drawing to printer pages
• Printing A drawing
• Emailing drawings

Organisation Charts

• Creating an organisation chart from scratch
• Adding multiple shapes
• Inserting pictures
• Formatting an organisation chart adding shape data
• Creating an org chart from employee data

Work With Floorplans

• Creating a floorplan diagram
• Set the drawing scale
• Create a floorplan shell
• Add structural elements
• Add dimensions
• Add furniture

Create Brainstorming Diagrams

• Creating a brainstorm diagram
• Add subtopics
• Edit topic text and placement
• Change style and layout send data to other office apps

Format

This is a one-day program that can be delivered face-to-face or as 2 x 3-hour virtual programs via MS Teams.

What’s Included

• Interactive Sessions
• Expert Guidance
• Certificate of Completion