Open and manipulate toolbars and stencil windows in the work area

Change background settings to enhance specific drawings

Use the drawing tools and Operation command features to create new custom shapes

Integrate both simple and complex custom shapes in a drawing

Create new masters in a stencil and edit masters

Use the Document stencil to quickly take inventory of all the shapes used in a drawing

Create a new custom template and use it to quickly create a drawing

Create and use styles to quickly format multiple shapes in a drawing

Use layers to organise and control shapes in a drawing

Link a Visio drawing within a Microsoft Word document and update any changes

Convert a drawing to a Web page

Use several techniques for preparing a drawing for printing

Drawing Closed Shapes

Drawing Lines and Arcs

Drawing Segmented Lines

Reshaping Lines

Advanced Drawing Techniques

Creating a Custom Shape

Using Custom Shapes in a Drawing

Enhancing a Drawing with Custom Shapes

Using Custom Shapes to Enhance Existing Shapes

Creating a New Stencil

Adding Custom Shapes to a Stencil

Customizing Stencil Masters

Editing Master Properties

Formatting a Master in a Stencil

Adding and Directing Connection Points

Applying Behaviours to a Custom Shape

The Document Stencil

Creating a New Template

Using a Custom Template

Formatting and Linking Shapes

Defining New Styles

Applying and Editing Styles

Adding Links to Shapes

Layers & Viewing Layer Properties

Manipulating Layers

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

Placing a Visio Drawing in MS Word

Working with External Data

Preparing Shapes in the Document Stencil

Using the Database Wizard

Creating HTML Documents

Preparing a Drawing for the Web

Saving the Timeline as a Web Page

Using the Print Preview Feature

Working with Page Breaks