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      The Visio 2010 MVP Sessions

      Explore the many features of Microsoft Visio 2010. In 24 self-contained videos ranging from five to seven and half minutes, three Visio MVPs discuss and demonstrate the basics of how to use and apply some of the most important features and capabilities of Visio 2010. Each Visio 2010 MVP Session provides the understanding needed to get started with using Visio 2010 to solve a specific challenge or apply a specific feature or technique.

      As more people use Visio 2010 as their primary diagramming tool, Microsoft has received very positive feedback. We’ve also heard from users who recognize that they are still “just scratching the surface” with what they could be doing with the new features and capabilities in Visio 2010. As a result, the Microsoft Visio team collaborated with three prominent Visio MVPs—Scott Helmers, David Parker, and Chris Roth—to create the Visio 2010 MVP Sessions. These three Visio MVPs have each recently published books on how to get the most out of using Visio 2010.

      In twenty-four self-contained Sessions ranging from five to seven and half minutes, each week the Visio MVPs discuss and demonstrate the basics of how to use and apply some of the most important features and capabilities of Visio 2010. Each Visio MVP Session should provide the understanding needed to get started in using Visio 2010 to solve a specific challenge or apply a specific feature or technique.

      In addition to the videos, the sample diagrams used for each topic are published through Visio Services and freely downloadable, , so that users can interact or work with and from the same example files and data sets being demonstrated.

      For deeper coverage of these and other topics, the three Visio MVPs starring in these sessions each actively maintain independent blog or community sites accessible by clicking the book cover images below. Elsewhere on this site, you can find content about Visio 2010 features and capabilities. Additionally, the Support for Visio 2010 page serves as a great jumping off point for forums and community resources hosted on related Microsoft sites.

                                                      

                               Scott Helmers                                  David Parker                                     Chris Roth

      Session List

      Session 1: Get started with the right template  (Tuesday, January 10)
      See how to get started in Microsoft Visio 2010 with the right template. This video introduces the eight categories of templates available in Visio 2010: business, engineering, flowchart (including Business Process Misspelled WordModeling Notation [BPMN] and SharePoint workflow templates in Visio Premium 2010), general, maps and floor plans, network, schedule, and software and database. It also shows how easy it is to create drawings by starting with sample diagrams.
      Watch Session 1 video
      Download the sample diagrams used in this Session: Templates by Edition.
      Download the working files used in this Session: Get Started with the Right Template.

      Session 2: Find and navigate key features  (Tuesday, January 17)
      Learn about the new user interface in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video introduces the ribbon user interface, which is adopted from Microsoft Office 2010. It covers the main tabs—Home, Insert, Design, Data (in Visio Professional and Visio Premium), Process (in Visio Premium), Review, View, and Developer (for advanced users)—as well as contextual and add-in tabs that appear when relevant. It also looks at the Backstage view, where you can find new templates, recent files, and sample diagrams.
      Watch Session 2 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Find and Navigate Key Features.

      Session 3: Get started with shapes  (Tuesday, January 24)
      Learn how to create diagrams more quickly by working with shapes in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews several tips for working with shapes more effectively by using keyboard and pointer shortcuts and new features of Visio 2010. It covers shortcuts for duplicating objects, tips for rotating objects, a feature that lets you “glue” shapes to a connection point, and the new Quick Shapes menu, which enables you to quickly add related shapes to a diagram.
      Watch Session 3 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Get Started with Shapes.

      Session 4: Align and distribute shapes  (Tuesday, January 31)
      Learn how to improve the look of your diagrams with spacing and alignment options in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews several features to help you create good-looking diagrams more easily, such as Auto Align & Space to quickly adjust the positions of all objects and Live preview, which lets you see changes before you commit to them. This video also covers alignment and spacing options just for selected objects, and tips on manually adjusting objects.
      Watch Session 4 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Align and Distribute Shapes.

      Session 5: Make and apply formatting changes  (Tuesday, February 7)
      Learn about a variety of options for applying text styles, Misspelled Wordcolor, and other formatting to shapes in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video provides several tips for formatting shapes more easily and quickly using new features in Visio 2010. It covers interface features such as live preview of changes and the mini toolbar for common formatting options, techniques for working with text boxes, and how to apply formatting to shapes in groups.
      Watch Session 5 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Apply and Make Formatting Changes.

      Session 6: Configure diagrams for display and print  (Tuesday, February 14)
      Learn how to work with the infinite canvas, page orientation, and page backgrounds in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews several tips for working more effectively with flowcharts by taking advantage of the infinite canvas feature in Visio 2010, which automatically expands or reduces the drawing page to fit your diagram. It also covers how to apply different orientations to pages and how to apply backgrounds to make your diagrams look more professional.
      Watch Session 6 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Configure Diagrams for Display and Print

      Session 7: Work with and customize shape data  (Tuesday, February 21)
      Learn how to create and use shape data fields in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews several tips for working with data stored with shapes in your diagrams. It covers the types of data fields, how to add multiple new fields at once, how to modify the data values for multiple shapes at once, and how to create shape data sets that you can apply to other shapes.
      Watch Session 7 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Using and Customizing Shape Data

      Session 8: Dynamically link business data to shapes   (Tuesday, February 28)
      Learn how to dynamically link business data to shapes in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews how to link the shapes in your diagrams to external data sources such as Microsoft Excel workbooks, Microsoft SharePoint lists, or Microsoft SQL Server databases. It also covers how to use automatic linking to quickly populate multiple shapes with relevant data that can be refreshed automatically and how to import multiple data sets to the same diagram.
      Watch Session 8 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Dynamically Link Business Data to Shapes

      Session 9: Visualize business data with data graphics  (Tuesday, March 6)
      Learn how to visualize business intelligence linked to diagrams by using data graphics in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews how to create and edit data graphics that display linked external data as text, Misspelled Wordcolors, or icons directly in the shapes of your diagram—since the data links are dynamic, updates in the data source can be refreshed automatically. The video also covers how to apply data graphics to multiple shapes at once.
      Watch Session 9 video
      Download the working file used in this Session: Visualize Business Data with Data Graphics

      Session 10: Create and modify custom data graphics   (Tuesday, March 6)
      Learn how to enhance the business intelligence visuals of a dashboard with custom data graphics in Microsoft Visio 2010—without having to do any coding. This video reviews how to create, apply, and modify custom data graphics to reveal additional information visually in your Visio diagrams. It also covers how to duplicate data graphics and create formulas to show calculated values.
      Watch Session 10 video
      Download the working files used in this Session: Visualize Business Data with Data Graphics.

      Session 11: Web publish and share interactive diagrams   (Tuesday, March 27)
      Learn how to share your Microsoft Visio 2010 dynamic diagrams through Visio Services in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Microsoft Office 365. This video reviews how to publish Visio diagrams in the new data-refreshable web drawing format, making them available to anyone through a web browser (or restrict access with account permissions). The video also shows how you can view source data in SharePoint, make changes to that data, and have those changes reflected dynamically.
      Watch Session 11 video
      Download the working files used in this Session: Visualize Business Data with Data Graphics.

      Session 12: Design and use custom shapes and stencils   (Tuesday, March 13)
      Learn about designing and using custom shapes and stencils in Microsoft Visio 2010. This video reviews how you can customize a shape to meet your needs and then save it as a master shape on a new stencil, making it easy to use in other drawings. It covers how you can save custom stencils in the My Shapes folder in your user folder and then access them from More Shapes in the Shapes panel.
      Watch Session 12 video
      Download the working files used in this Session: Design and Use Custom Shapes and Stencils.

      Session 13: will publish on Tuesday, April 3

      Session 14: will publish on Tuesday, April 10

      Session 15: will publish on Tuesday, April 17

      Session 16: will publish on Tuesday, April 24

      Session 17: will publish on Tuesday, May 1

      Session 18: will publish on Tuesday, May 8

      Session 19: will publish on Tuesday, May 15

      Session 20: will publish on Tuesday, May 22

      Session 21: will publish on Tuesday, May 29

      Session 22: will publish on Tuesday, June 5

      Session 23: will publish on Tuesday, June 12

      Session 24: will publish on Tuesday, June 19

       

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