Microsoft Visio 2019–2024: Part 2
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What you'll learn
Design advanced technical diagrams, such as site blueprints, electrical schemas, and piping and instrumentation layouts.
Dynamically link your diagrams to external data sources like Excel sheets, Access databases, and Microsoft Project files.
Build custom master shapes, stencils, and automated macros, or modify underlying ShapeSheets to create smart visual assets.
Learn by doing. Perform guided, step-by-step hands-on activities on your own computer.
Skills you'll gain
- Engineering Drawings
- Diagram Design
- Graphic and Visual Design Software
- Workflow Management
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Data Mapping
- 3D Assets
- Schematic Diagrams
- Engineering Plans And Specifications
- Graphic and Visual Design
- Technical Drawing
- Data Sharing
- Visual Design
- Data Integration
- Graphic Design
- Microsoft Development Tools
Tools you'll learn
Details to know
January 2026
1 assignment
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There are 7 modules in this course
Microsoft® Visio® stands out among similar applications because of its unique ability to draw a wide variety of diagrams, flowcharts, workflows, and organization structures—anything that can be represented by shapes connected by lines. Most importantly, these shapes can be rearranged and with corresponding lines remaining intact. Visio has improved over the years as features common among Microsoft® Office applications have been added. Today, Visio is well integrated with other members of the Office family as well as Microsoft's cloud-based services. This greatly enriches the sharing and publishing of Visio drawings.
In Microsoft® Visio® 2019-2024: Part 1, you learned the basic skills needed to create and modify various Visio drawings. In Microsoft® Visio® 2019-2024: Part 2, you will learn about more advanced features—making you a more efficient and effective Visio user. The target student for this course is a graphic designer, subject matter specialist, or other knowledge worker with basic Microsoft Visio skills (such as creating basic workflows and other diagrams) who needs to use Visio to create complex graphics and illustrations (such as floor plans, custom maps, and scientific illustrations) that may be linked to external data sources and may be inserted into other Microsoft Office files. In this course, you will: design advanced plans and diagrams; enhance the look of drawings; create shapes, stencils, and templates; connect drawings to external data; leverage development tools; and share drawings. This course requires that you have Microsoft Visio installed on a Windows PC. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.
When you connect to your Microsoft® online account, you can access and maintain updated copies of your Microsoft® Visio® files across your various devices. In addition to the basic diagram and plan types that you have seen in the previous course, Visio allows you to create advanced engineering drawings and plans.
What's included
11 plugins
11 plugins•Total 129 minutes
- Data Files and Setup for This Course•15 minutes
- About This Course•1 minute
- Lesson Introduction•1 minute
- Topic 1A: Build Advanced Plans•1 minute
- 1A-1: Reading•20 minutes
- 1A-2: Activity•25 minutes
- Topic 1B: Build Advanced Diagrams•1 minute
- 1B-1: Reading•15 minutes
- 1B-2: Activity•25 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Enhancing the Home Plan•20 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
When you are creating a drawing, your first priority should be clear and accurate content. Your second priority should be visual appeal. If your drawing isn't attractive, it probably won't be used by the target audience. You don't have to be a graphic artist to produce a visually compelling piece. Microsoft® Visio® contains many tools that enable you to look like a pro even if you aren't.
What's included
15 plugins
15 plugins•Total 105 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•1 minute
- Topic 2A: Use 3-D Shapes•1 minute
- 2A-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 2A-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 2B: Work with Shape Styles•1 minute
- 2B-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 2B-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 2C: Define Shape Styles•1 minute
- 2C-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 2C-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 2D: Apply Backgrounds, Borders, and Titles•1 minute
- 2D-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 2D-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Enhancing the Look of Drawings•20 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
The online library for Microsoft® Visio® gives you access to a vast number of templates, stencils, and shapes. For most jobs, these resources are fine. Sometimes, however, you will need to create custom shapes, stencils, and templates.
What's included
13 plugins
13 plugins•Total 60 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•1 minute
- Topic 3A: Create Simple Custom Shapes•1 minute
- 3A-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 3A-2: Activity•5 minutes
- 3A-3: Activity•5 minutes
- Topic 3B: Create Custom Stencils•1 minute
- 3B-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 3B-2: Activity•5 minutes
- Topic 3C: Create Custom Templates•1 minute
- 3C-1: Reading•1 minute
- 3C-2: Activity•5 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Creating Shapes, Stencils, and Templates•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
You know how to create drawings manually. It can take a lot of time to construct a complex diagram. Microsoft® Visio® contains a number of templates, wizards, and tools that will automatically build drawings for you from external data sources.
What's included
18 plugins
18 plugins•Total 121 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•1 minute
- Topic 4A: Make an Organization Chart from an Excel Spreadsheet•1 minute
- 4A-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 4A-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 4B: Generate a PivotDiagram from an Excel Spreadsheet•1 minute
- 4B-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 4B-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 4C: Create a Gantt Chart from a Project File•1 minute
- 4C-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 4C-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 4D: Create a Timeline from a Project File•1 minute
- 4D-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 4D-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 4E: Connect a Map to an Access Database•1 minute
- 4E-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 4E-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Connecting Drawings to External Data•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Like all products in the Microsoft® Office suite, Microsoft® Visio® is an extremely robust program. Many users never take full advantage of Visio's capabilities. Even if you aren't a programmer, it is good to become aware of Visio's advanced capabilities so that you can use them when you need them.
What's included
12 plugins
12 plugins•Total 119 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•1 minute
- Topic 5A: Create Macros•1 minute
- 5A-1: Reading•15 minutes
- 5A-2: Activity•15 minutes
- Topic 5B: Modify ShapeSheets•1 minute
- 5B-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 5B-2: Activity•15 minutes
- Topic 5C: Build Advanced Shapes•1 minute
- 5C-1: Reading•15 minutes
- 5C-2: Activity•15 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Creating Smart Shapes•25 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
Now that you know how to design informative and appealing drawings, you need to be familiar with the many ways you can share those drawings with others.
What's included
18 plugins
18 plugins•Total 106 minutes
- Lesson Introduction•1 minute
- Topic 6A: Save and Share Drawings with OneDrive•1 minute
- 6A-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 6A-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 6B: Review Drawings•1 minute
- 6B-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 6B-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 6C: Insert Drawings into Other Office Files•1 minute
- 6C-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 6C-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 6D: Export Drawings•1 minute
- 6D-1: Reading•10 minutes
- 6D-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Topic 6E: Print Drawings•1 minute
- 6E-1: Reading•5 minutes
- 6E-2: Activity•10 minutes
- Mastery Builder: Sharing Drawings•15 minutes
- Lesson Summary•5 minutes
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
What's included
1 assignment2 plugins
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Course Assessment•30 minutes
2 plugins•Total 56 minutes
- Course Summary•1 minute
- Appendix: Using Diagram Standards•55 minutes
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