书名: Microsoft Visio 2016 Step by Step

格式: EPUB

大小: 25.7M

语言: 英语

作者简介：

Scott A. Helmers is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft Visio and is the primary Visio expert at Experts-Exchange.com. He has helped companies create custom Visio add-ins to enhance organizational efficiency and employee productivity, and has taught thousands of people how to use technology more effectively.

He is Vice President of Product Planning and Support at the Harvard Computing Group, a software and consulting firm that helps clients understand and implement business process solutions. Scott is a co-inventor of TaskMap (www.taskmap.com), a Visio add-in that anyone can use to document and improve all of the important aspects of any business process.

Scott has worked with clients in Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Canada, and the United States on projects involving knowledge management, specification of new IT systems, process mapping and redesign, and technology training. In addition, he has been an Adjunct Professor at both Northeastern University and Boston University.

Scott is the author of three previous books: Microsoft Visio 2013 Step by Step (Microsoft Press, 2013), Microsoft Visio 2010 Step by Step (Microsoft Press, 2011), and Data Communications: A Beginner's Guide to Concepts and Technology (Prentice-Hall, 1989). He also contributed Chapter 9, "Visio and Visio Services," to Business Intelligence in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 by Norm Warren, Mariano Neto, Stacia Misner, Ivan Sanders, and Scott Helmers (Microsoft Press, 2013). Information about Scott's books is available at www.VisioStepByStep.com.

When not working or spending time with his family in Andover, Massachusetts, Scott can usually be found on his bicycle or working with a local community theater company.

目录：

Introduction     xiii 
Who this book is for     xiii
The Step by Step approach     xiii
Sidebar: Adapt procedure steps     xiv
Download the practice files     xvi
Ebook edition     xviii
Get support and give feedback     xix
Errata and support     xix
We want to hear from you     xix
Stay in touch     xix
Part 1: Create Visio diagrams
Chapter 1: Get started with Visio 2016     3 
Identify the editions of Visio 2016     4
Discover new features in Visio 2016     4
Get started in Visio 2016     7
Sidebar: Understand shapes, masters, stencils, and templates     8
Explore the Backstage view     13
The Info page     14
The New page     16
The Open page     17
The Save command     17
The Save As page     18
The Print page     18
The Share page     18
The Export page     20
The Close command     20
The Account page     20
The Visio Options dialog box     22
Understand tool tabs and add-in tabs     23
Use tool tabs     23
Use add-in tabs     24
Begin quickly by using starter diagrams     25
Explore the drawing window     28
Sidebar: How do I scroll through page name tabs?     32
Manage the Shapes window     33
Pan and zoom in the drawing window     37
Skills review     41
Practice tasks     42
Chapter 2: Create diagrams     45 
Place shapes by using the Dynamic Grid     46
Select shapes     51
Copy, paste, and duplicate shapes     53
Position shapes by using rulers and guides     55
Use rulers to align and size shapes     56
Use guides to align and size shapes     57
Resize, reposition, and reorient shapes     60
Use control handles     60
Use the Size & Position window     62
Connect shapes by using lines     65
Sidebar: Create 2-D shapes by using the line tools     69
Connect shapes by using dynamic connectors     70
Connect to shapes that contain connection points     70
Connect to shapes that do not contain connection points     72
Change connector style and segmentation     74
Sidebar: Identifying 1-D shapes and types of glue     76
Use AutoConnect and Quick Shapes     77
Use AutoAdd and AutoDelete     83
Use AutoAdd     84
Use AutoDelete     86
Skills review     87
Practice tasks     88
Chapter 3: Manage text, shapes, and pages     95 
Manage shape text     96
Add text to shapes     96
Reposition and resize shape text     98
Orient shape text     99
Create and format text boxes     102
Add ScreenTips and comments     104
Insert pictures     109
Replace shapes     111
Group shapes     114
Understand and use layers     116
Manage pages     120
Work with foreground pages     122
Configure foreground pages     125
Manage Auto Size     128
Work with background pages and borders     130
Skills review     134
Practice tasks     135
Chapter 4: Create business process diagrams     139 
Select a flowchart template     140
Visio Standard     140
Visio Professional     141
Sidebar: Vertical or horizontal?     142
Create flowcharts     142
Sidebar: Dynamic or static glue?     146
Understand swimlane diagrams     149
Sidebar: Add-in tabs     150
Build swimlane diagrams     152
Understand BPMN     155
Design BPMN diagrams     158
Create subprocesses     164
Skills review     167
Practice tasks     168
Chapter 5: Create organization charts     171 
Understand organization charts     172
Review new features     172
Use org chart templates     173
Build organization charts manually     173
Use existing data to create an organization chart     177
Use the Organization Chart Wizard with new data     185
Alter layout and appearance     187
Change the layout     187
Arrange shapes     189
Change shape appearance     191
Sidebar: The names keep changing!     193
Work with pictures     195
Apply themes     197
Import photographs as you create organization charts     198
Skills review     201
Practice tasks     202
Chapter 6: Add style, color, and themes     205 
Align and space shapes     206
Align shapes     206
Sidebar: What’s in front?     207
Space and orient shapes     209
Align and space shapes automatically     211
Understand theme concepts     213
Sidebar: Hand-drawn themes     215
Apply themes and variants     216
Choose themes and variants     216
Customize themes and variants     219
Use effects and Quick Styles     221
Highlight shapes by using effects     222
Embellish shapes by using Quick Styles     225
Apply solid, gradient, and pattern fills     227
Apply line colors and patterns     230
Use the Format Painter     233
Skills review     234
Practice tasks     235
Chapter 7: Create network and datacenter diagrams     239 
Build basic network diagrams     240
Build detailed network diagrams     242
Use 3-D equipment shapes     244
Sidebar: Where can I find more network shapes?     246