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Draw straight lines, arcs, and freeform lines

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- [Instructor] The drawing tools on the Home tab include three tools for drawing lines. You can draw straight lines with the Line tool, normally at any angle that you choose. However, if you hold the Shift key while using the Line tool, you can only draw lines at multiples of 45 degrees. If you draw several lines, each of which begins where the previous line ended, Visio combines them into a single shape. The Freeform tool does what the name suggests, allowing you to draw just about anything. Note that if you end your freeform line where you began, Visio creates a two-dimensional shape. The Arc tool also does what name suggests, allowing you to draw arcs. Like the Line tool, if you begin each new segment where the previous segment ended, Visio combines them into a single shape. The drawing tools on the Home tab persist until you use keyboard shortcut Ctrl + 1 or use the Pointer Tool button on the Home tab. There are…

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Contents

• Introduction Introduction
  • Visio quick tips 41s
• 1. Working with Shapes 1. Working with Shapes
  • Restore a missing Shapes pane 1m 18s
  • (Locked) AutoConnect and Quick Shapes 1m 11s
  • (Locked) Dynamic grid: Position shapes on the page 58s
  • (Locked) Dynamic grid: Align and resize shapes 1m 7s
  • (Locked) Duplicate shapes 1m 20s
  • (Locked) Align and distribute shapes 1m 27s
  • (Locked) Draw rectangles, squares, ellipses, and circles 1m 40s
  • (Locked) Draw straight lines, arcs, and freeform lines 1m 31s
  • (Locked) Organize shapes with containers 1m 29s
  • (Locked) Work with swimlanes 1m 23s
  • (Locked) Lines vs. dynamic connectors 1m 18s
  • (Locked) Use static glue 1m 13s
  • (Locked) Use dynamic glue 55s
• 2. Working with Text 2. Working with Text
  • Add text to shapes 1m 27s
  • (Locked) Move the text block to a new location 1m 3s
  • (Locked) Best practices for text 1m 36s
• 3. Working with Pages 3. Working with Pages
  • Top five pan and zoom shortcuts 1m 1s
  • (Locked) Top four diagram navigation shortcuts 1m 12s
  • (Locked) Create background pages for logos and graphics 1m 25s
  • (Locked) Create background pages with borders and title blocks 1m 26s
  • (Locked) Duplicate pages 37s
  • (Locked) Create PowerPoint slides from a Visio diagram 1m 15s
  • (Locked) Temporarily suspend snap to grid 1m 24s
• 4. Leveraging Data 4. Leveraging Data
  • (Locked) Find the Shape Data window 1m 17s
  • (Locked) Utilize Shape Data fields 1m 41s
  • (Locked) Run reports 1m 18s
  • (Locked) Link to external data 1m 53s
  • (Locked) Link data to shapes 1m 31s
  • (Locked) Create shapes from external data 1m 41s
  • (Locked) Update external data and refresh diagrams 1m 21s
• Conclusion Conclusion
  • (Locked) Next steps 1m 4s

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