In this course, you will expand on the knowledge you gained in the Visio 2003 Professional: Level 1 course. You will work with many advanced features, including using the drawing tools, creating and working with custom stencils and templates, and sharing your Visio drawings with other applications.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Open and manipulate toolbars and stencil windows in the work area.
• Change background settings to enhance specific drawings.
• Use the drawing tools and Operation command features to create new custom shapes.
• Integrate both simple and complex custom shapes in a drawing.
• Create new masters in a stencil and edit masters.
• Use the Document stencil to quickly take inventory of all the shapes used in a drawing.
• Create a new custom template and use it to quickly create a drawing.
• Create and use styles to quickly format multiple shapes in a drawing.
• Use layers to organize and control shapes in a drawing.
• Link a Visio drawing within a Microsoft Word document and update any changes.
• Link shapes in a drawing to information contained in an external database.
• Convert a drawing to a Web page.
• Use several techniques for preparing a drawing for printing.

Prerequisites:

Before starting this course, students are recommended to take the following course or possess equivalent knowledge:

• Visio Professional Level 1

The Career Center Course Curriculum for Visio 2003 Professional Level 2:

Lesson 1: Customizing Visio

• Topic 1A: Working with Toolbars
• Topic 1B: Working with Windows

Lesson 2: Using the Drawing Tools

• Topic 2A: Drawing Basics
• Topic 2B: Advanced Drawing Techniques

Lesson 3: Custom Shapes

• Topic 3A: Using Custom Shapes
• Topic 3B: Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing

Lesson 4: Advanced Stencil Techniques

• Topic 4A: Custom Stencils
• Topic 4B: Customizing Stencil Masters
• Topic 4C: The Document Stencil

Lesson 5: Templates, Styles, and Layers

• Topic 5A: Working with Templates
• Topic 5B: Formatting and Linking Shapes
• Topic 5C: Layers

Lesson 6: Sharing Your Work

• Topic 6A: Object Linking and Embedding
• Topic 6B: Working with External Data
• Topic 6C: Creating HTML Documents
• Topic 6D: Printing Techniques