56 Visio Tutorials and Tips

For those of you looking for help with learning the features of Visio, along with drawing its lines and arrows and using its shapes and graphics, here are a total of 56 Visio Tutorials and Tips. Included are several Visio learning articles and how to tutorials from Design Draw, one tutorial each from the Universities of Texas and Arizona, and four Visio tutorials from CNet.

Visio Tutorials and Tips from Design Draw


Visio Tutorials and "How-to" articles

• Visio Drawings from Text Files
• Starting a New Drawing
• Setting Up Pages
• Setting Up Grids Rulers Snaps
• Boolean Operations
• Drawing Tools
• Export to Other Formats
• Visio Basics
• Visio Objects - Advanced
• Visio Database Links Part I
• Visio Database Links Part II

Visio Tips

• Importing Pspace/Mspace DWGs into Visio Technical
• Display Custom Properties as Shape Text
• Background Sheet Layers
• Auto-scaling Fonts
• Global Variables
• 1-D Flavors
• ANSI Characters in Visio
• Positioning Callouts in Visio
• Closing a Shape
• Corner Selection Handles
• Document Properties
• Dynamic Page Sizing
• Editing Text
• Floating Stencils
• Visio Glue
• Working with Groups
• Multiple Shapes
• Shapes on Multiple Layers
• Changing Ruler Origin
• Page Layout Wizard
• Pan Controls
• Paperspace in Visio
• Property Reporting Wizard
• Quick View
• Markup Visio Drawings
• Selecting Shapes
• SmartShape Properties
• Sizing & Moving Shapes
• SmartShape Wizard
• Straight Lines Circles & Squares
• Tool Tips
• Automatic Connections
• Custom Templates
• Zooming in Visio
• Designing 'Outside the Box'
• Word Balloon Custom Shape Example
• The Old Offset Radial Fill Trick
• Moving Shapes With Precision
• Title Blocks in Visio

University of Texas Course 325: Database Model Diagram Visio Tutorial

University of Arizona Visio Tutorial - Draw a Data Flow Diagram Step by Step



4 CNET Visio Tutorials

Create Effective Visio diagrams for Network Documentation

Visualize Deadlines in Visio

Create a Timeline in Visio to Help Team Members Visualize Deadlines

Create your Own Custom Stencils in Microsoft Visio