CPET 1104, Microcomputer Applications for Technicians
Laboratory Exercise 14
Introduction to Microsoft Visio
Objectives:
To learn how Microsoft Visio can be used to create program flowcharts.
Introduction:
The Microsoft Visio program is diagramming software that allows the creation of diagrams and
layouts. Microsoft acquired Visio Corporation in 2000. In this exercise you use Visio to create
two program flowcharts.
Procedure:
1. Starting Visio, constructing a drawing
Start the Microsoft Visio program by selecting Start | Programs | Microsoft Office |
Microsoft Office Visio. If the heading “Shapes” does not appear above Visio’s left window
pane, then click Flowchart under the heading “Categories” and select Basic Flowcharts (US
units). NOTE: Another way to obtain the “Shapes” window pane is to select from the
menu bar File | Shapes | Flowchart | Basic Flowcharts.
Set up a snap grid: From the Visio menu bar, select Tools | Snap & Glue … and under the
General tab in the :”Snap & Glue” window check the box labeled “Snap”. Make sure the
boxes labeled “Connection Points” and “Grid” are also checked and then click the OK
button in the ”Snap & Glue” window.
Bring up the line drawing panel: If the line drawing panel tool, shown in Figure 1 below,
does not appear on the toolbar near the top of the Visio work screen, then bring it up by
selecting View | Toolbars | Drawing. If necessary, use the mouse to drag this panel to the
end of the toolbar so that it attaches there.
Figure 1 – the toolbar line drawing panel (“Line Tool”)
Position flowchart shapes: From the left pane titled “Shapes”, drag-and-drop the flowchart
shapes onto the workspace grid shown in Figure 2.
Visio 1
