Controlling Your Visio View

Name: Controlling Your Visio View
Author: Elissa Smith

This course explores controlling the Visio view by managing windows and rulers. It shows how to control the workspace by adding guides and PowerPoint slides to…

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Hello, welcome to Intermediate Visio. In this lesson, we want to explore how we can manage our Visio windows. And the great news about the Visio client, especially when you get beyond Visio 2016, is that Microsoft has tried very hard to ensure that Visio has a very similar interface to the other Microsoft desktop applications, like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This is why when it comes to managing your windows in Visio, especially when you have multiple drawings open, you're going to see similar tools to what you would see in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The way that you want to manage your Visio windows is accessible from the View ribbon tab. When we come to the View ribbon tab, we're going to have a very familiar group of buttons called the Window group. And this is going to have buttons like the Switch Windows button that you can use to switch between multiple drawings that you may have open in Visio, and it lets you flip between them. Also, you have your traditional Cascade button that allows you to take each drawing that you have open and have it be open up in the top left corner, and then you can toggle between them. There's also the Arrange All that will let you see all of your drawings. Remembering the only one can be active at a time. And the way you pick a different one is to click on it, and then that particular drawing comes forward or as the one that's active. Additionally, you also have New Window, which allows you to basically open up a new blank window in whatever view you're currently in. And then you can utilize either the Minimize or the Maximize button to bring that particular drawing or new window forward. But these are the exact same window organizational tools that you have in, again, the other Microsoft desktop applications, like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. So we're really not learning anything new here. We're using tools that we already have in the other applications. And again, it's part of Microsoft's journey to help make managing windows within their applications consistent across the Microsoft desktop family. Thanks so much for watching. In the next lesson, we're going to look at different items within the Visio interface that you can turn off and turn on. Stay tuned.

Intermediate Provider : Elissa Smith 11 Lessons · 31m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Course Description

This course explores controlling the Visio view by managing windows and rulers. It shows how to control the workspace by adding guides and PowerPoint slides to Visio drawings. It also shows how to control, insert, and manage comments, conduct a spell check, and perform other functions.

What You'll Learn

Manage the Visio workspace using windows and rulers
Control zoom using the zoom slider and zoom group
Add guides and PowerPoint slides to a Visio drawing
Use Visio task panes, visual aids, and shape reports
Insert and manage comments within Visio drawings
Conduct a spell check and use the Thesaurus

Key Takeaways

The course covers controlling the Visio view by managing windows and rulers.
It shows how to control the workspace by adding guides and PowerPoint slides to Visio drawings.
It explains how to control, insert, and manage comments in Visio.
It demonstrates conducting a spell check and using the Thesaurus, along with other functions.
It includes generating an Excel shape report and using Visio task panes and visual aids.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

It explores controlling the Visio view by managing windows and rulers, controlling the workspace by adding guides and PowerPoint slides to drawings, and controlling, inserting, and managing comments, conducting a spell check, and performing other functions.

What will I learn to do in Visio?

You will learn to manage the Visio workspace with windows and rulers, and to use the zoom slider, Visio task panes, shape reports, comments, spell check, and Thesaurus.

What skills does this course build?

It builds skills in Command Controls, Display Control, Microsoft Visio, User Controls, Visual Control, and Windows Controls.

Does the course cover working with PowerPoint and Excel alongside Visio?

Yes. It shows how to add PowerPoint slides to a Visio drawing and how to generate an Excel shape report.