If you are looking for a Visio course near you, BOTI runs Microsoft Visio training at its venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg, live online, or in-house at your premises. The advanced material builds on beginner Visio skills and covers layers, templates, custom shapes and stencils, and business and project diagrams. It is part of BOTI’s Microsoft Office and computer skills courses.
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Introduction: Microsoft Visio Advanced Training Course
The Microsoft Visio Advanced course builds on the skills gained in Microsoft Visio for beginners. It introduces delegates to layers, templates, custom shapes and stencils. Delegates also learn to create project management and business diagrams, and to use Visio alongside other Office programs.
Outline: Microsoft Visio Advanced Training Course
Key outcomes of the course include:
- Creating technical layouts
- Customising shapes, and building your own shapes and stencils
- Working with layers and templates
- Mapping websites and business processes
- Creating project management and business diagrams
- Integrating Visio with other Office programs
Who needs advanced Visio skills
Visio is a diagramming tool. Most people start by dragging shapes from a template onto a page and joining them with connectors. That is enough for a simple flowchart. It stops being enough when diagrams grow, when several people maintain them, or when they have to match company standards.
Advanced Visio skills help people who produce diagrams often or keep them up to date over time. Typical roles include:
- Business and process analysts who document how work flows between teams
- Project managers and project administrators who show plans, phases and responsibilities visually
- IT and network staff who draw technical layouts and system diagrams
- Facilities and office staff who prepare floor plans and seating layouts
- Web and digital teams who map site structures before building or reorganising a website
- Personal assistants and administrators who prepare organisation charts and presentation visuals
Working with layers
Layers let you group shapes in a drawing so that you can show, hide, lock or print them separately. On an office floor plan, for example, walls, furniture, network points and electrical points can sit on different layers. The same drawing then serves the facilities team, the IT team and management, and nobody moves a wall by accident while adjusting a desk. Delegates practise assigning shapes to layers and controlling what each audience sees.
Templates, custom shapes and stencils
When a team draws the same kinds of diagrams every month, consistency matters. Templates set the page size, styles and starting shapes for a diagram type. Stencils hold the shapes you use. Visio’s built-in stencils cover common needs, but many organisations need shapes of their own, such as specific equipment, branded symbols or standard process steps.
On the course, delegates learn to customise existing shapes and to create their own shapes and stencils. This saves redrawing the same items and keeps diagrams across a department looking the same.
Business, project and website diagrams
Advanced users move beyond basic flowcharts to diagrams that explain how a business or project works. The course covers project management and business diagrams, and mapping websites and business structures. A clear process map helps people agree on who does what before a change is made. A site map helps a web team plan navigation before pages are built. A project diagram makes phases and dependencies easier to discuss in a meeting than a long list of tasks.
If your team plans schedules in detail, the Microsoft Project Essentials to Advanced course is a useful companion. Analysts who map processes may also benefit from the Business Analysis Fundamentals Course.
Using Visio with other Office programs
Visio diagrams rarely stand alone. They end up in reports, proposals and presentations, and they often draw on information kept elsewhere. The course shows delegates how to integrate Visio with other Office programs so that diagrams move cleanly into Word documents and PowerPoint slides. Teams that keep the underlying data in spreadsheets may also find the Microsoft Excel Advanced course useful.
Course duration: Microsoft Visio Advanced Training Course
The Microsoft Visio training runs over two days. It is practical: delegates apply each feature to working diagrams so that they can use what they learn as soon as they are back at their desks. For course costs, consult the schedule or request a quote.
Recommended Prior Experience and Knowledge: Microsoft Visio Advanced Training Course
This course is designed for delegates who want to build on their basic knowledge of Visio and learn to integrate Visio with other programs.
You should already have basic Visio skills. That means opening a template, placing and connecting shapes, adding text and saving a drawing. If you are new to Visio, read our guide to Microsoft Visio for beginners, or tell BOTI your current level so the training can start from the essentials. Delegates who also need general Office skills can look at Microsoft Office Essentials: Word, Excel and PowerPoint Beginners.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I do a Visio course near me?
BOTI runs its Microsoft Visio training at its venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg, live online, or in-house at your premises, so your team can train where it works. Contact BOTI for dates or an in-house quote.
How long is the Microsoft Visio advanced course?
The Microsoft Visio Essentials to Advanced course runs over two days. It is hands-on, so delegates apply each feature to practical diagrams.
What should I know before attending advanced Visio training?
You should be comfortable with basic Visio: opening templates, placing and connecting shapes, adding text and saving drawings. If you are new to Visio, tell BOTI your current level so the training can start from the essentials.
Is the Visio course accredited?
No. The Visio course is a non-accredited professional skills programme, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.
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To build these skills in your team, book the Microsoft Visio Essentials to Advanced course. Call BOTI on 011 882 8853 or email [email protected]. Training runs in-house at your premises, at BOTI’s venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg, or live online. This course is not accredited. It is delivered as a professional skills programme, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.
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