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Tutorials for Visio 2003, 2002, 2000

Here are many tutorials and articles covering the three versions of Visio: 2003, 2002, and 2000. These Visio tutorials will teach you most of the features of this application and help you understand how this program works so you can use it effectively. These are provided by microsoft.com.

Visio 2003 Articles and Tutorials

Startup and Settings
Installing and Activating Visio | Accessibility | Getting Help | More...

Setting Up Your Workspace
Working with Menus and Toolbars | Arranging Windows and Stencils | Restoring Original Settings

Creating Drawings
Block Diagrams | Brainstorming Diagrams | Building Plans | More...

Working with Drawings
Viewing Drawings | Working with Pages | Working with Layers | More...

Working with Shapes and Text
Finding and Adding Shapes | Positioning Shapes | Adding and Formatting Text | More...

Printing
Printing Large Drawings | Preparing Drawings for Printing | Printing Drawings

Sharing Information
Reviewing Drawings | Sharing Information with Other People | Sharing Information with Other Programs | More...

Work Essentials with Visio
Administration | Team Collaboration | Consulting | More...
Visio and the Web
Office System files on Web servers | Publishing to the Web | Using Hyperlinks in Drawings | More...

Using Your Data in Drawings
Entering Data in Shapes | Creating Reports from Data | Linking Shapes and Drawings to Databases

Security and Privacy
Digital Signatures | Macro Virus Protection | Privacy | More...

Automating Tasks and Programmability
ActiveX Controls | Macros

Language-Specific Features
Working with Asian Languages | Working with Vertical Text

Visio at Home

Columns, Demos, and Quizzes
Crabby Office Lady | Taming Templates | Demos | More...



Visio 2002 Articles and Tutorials

- Applications -

Convert a CAD floor plan into a Visio Professional Space Plan diagram

Create flexible organization charts with Visio 2002

Design a Visio 2002 diagram to enhance a PowerPoint slide

Illustrate your schedule on a Visio 2002 calendar

Include Visio diagrams in PowerPoint presentations

Lead a brainstorming session with a Visio 2002 Mind Mapping diagram

Use the best flowchart tool for the job

Make Visio 2002 organization charts from personnel files

Manage your Web site with Visio Professional 2002

Overview: Plan and communicate schedules with Visio 2002

Overview: See business structures with Visio 2002

Plan a vegetable garden with Visio 2002

Prepare Visio 2002 schedule diagrams for presentation

Show historical cause and effect using Visio
Standardize process engineering data in Visio 2002 diagrams

Communicate schedule details with a Visio 2002 Gantt chart

Track people using a space plan in Visio 2002

Take a high-level view with a Visio 2002 PERT chart
Generate a report from a space plan in Visio 2002

Track assets using a space plan in Visio 2002

Choose the right Visio diagram for a scheduling task

Estimate process costs with Visio 2002 flowcharts

Identify cross-department dependencies with Visio 2002 flowcharts

Picture your processes with Visio 2002 flowcharts

Plan your schedule with a Visio 2002 timeline


- Fundamentals -

You asked for it: Crabby's top 5 Visio tips and tricks

Build a Visio 2002 diagram

Start a Visio 2002 diagram

What is a Visio 2002 stencil?

What is a Visio 2002 template?

What is a Visio 2002 endpoint?

What is a Visio 2002 selection handle?

Zoom in and out in Visio 2002

What is a Visio 2002 shape?

How to get the most out of Visio 2002


- Customizing -

Increase the size of toolbar buttons in Visio 2002

Move a toolbar in Visio 2002

Move the menu bar in Visio 2002

Show or hide a toolbar in Visio 2002


- Printing -

Center a Visio diagram before printing

Change page breaks before printing a Visio diagram

Print the ShapeSheet in Visio 2002

Print any Visio 2002 diagram to a large size

Print an unopened diagram in Visio 2002

Print any Visio 2002 diagram to a letter-size page

- Quizes -

Quiz: Visio basics

Quiz: Clip art

Quiz: Clip Organizer

Quiz: Visio scheduling

- Working with Drawings -

Open Visio drawings even if you don't have Visio installed

Add a background design to a Visio 2002 diagram

Document a project brainstorming session using Visio

Prevent changes to Visio drawings

Add geographic maps to Visio 2002 diagrams

Insert a Microsoft Visio Organizational Chart

Build a Visio 2002 space plan from a list of office numbers

Extend a pipe across pages in a Visio 2002 Process Flow diagram

Link diagrams to documents or Web pages in Visio 2002

Make diagrams fun using smart clip art in Visio 2002

Reposition stencils on the screen in Visio 2002

Send an open diagram through e-mail in Visio 2002

Set up a Visio 2002 diagram to build sequentially in a slide show

Start a Visio 2002 diagram

Visio 2002 or Office XP drawing tools: Which should you use?

Work with two diagrams side by side in Visio 2002


- Working with Text -

Create numbered lists in Visio 2002

Add text to lines in a Visio 2002 diagram

Change Person shape text and line size in Visio 2002 space plans

Change the alignment of text in Visio 2002

Design and create data cubes from text files

Make shapes and text transparent in Visio 2002

Reposition shape text in Visio 2002

Rotate text in Visio 2002

Use tabs to align text in Visio 2002

Visio and CAD files: Text problems when you convert


- Working with Shapes -

Add arrowheads and other line ends in Visio 2002

Add color to shapes in Visio 2002

Add new shapes to a stencil in Visio 2002

Align shapes in Visio 2002
Convert a logo to a reusable shape in Visio 2002

Copy shapes from one stencil to another in Visio 2002

Create a new stencil and add shapes to it in Visio 2002

Group related shapes as one unit in a Visio diagram

Make many duplicate shapes in Visio

Make shapes and text transparent in Visio 2002

Remove shapes from a stencil in Visio 2002

Use curved instead of straight connecting lines in Visio 2002

Duplicate Shape Formatting in a Visio 2002 Diagram

Find and use new shapes in Visio 2002

Insert a check mark symbol

Insert a degree symbol

What is a Visio 2002 selection handle?

What is a Visio 2002 shape?


- Working with Pages -

Add the same graphic to all pages in a Visio 2002 diagram

Change drawing page orientation in Visio

Hide drawing page gridlines in Visio

Resize a drawing page in a Visio 2002 diagram


- Sharing Information -

Link diagrams to documents or Web pages in Visio 2002

Send an open diagram through e-mail in Visio 2002

Share a Visio 2002 diagram


Visio 2000 Articles and Tutorials


Introduction to Microsoft Visio 2000

Quiz: Visio basics

Quiz: Clip art

Quiz: Clip Organizer

Quiz: Visio scheduling

The Advantages of Using Templates in Microsoft Visio 2000

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