Presenting

Presentation mode hides most of the features of the editor and makes the charts full screen so that you can present your visualizations to an audience.

Entering Presentation Mode

Enter presentation mode clicking the the main menu ‘Present’. You can quickly switch back and forth between the Editor and Present mode.

Main menu Present item

An example of a chart in presentation mode

Stories

You can add charts as slides to a story, which allows you to create an ordered presentation of just a particular set of charts. Stories are saved within folders.

Create a Story or add a Chart to a Story

From the preview panel, you can create a story starting with the currently open chart, or add that chart to an existing Story.

Screenshot of a dropdown to add a chart to your story

Viewing Stories

You can view your existing stories in the package by clicking on the stories icon at the bottom of the file list

Screenshot of the stories list in the file editor

Playing Stories

From the story slides list, you can edit your story slides, and play the story like a slide deck presentation

Screenshot of playing a story

Full screen story presentation mode

Drawing Annotations

At any time, you can draw on top of your charts in Presentation Mode by holding down the ctrl key (command on Mac) and click dragging your mouse around the chart. Press escape to clear your drawings.

Screenshot of drawing on top of a chart

Slicers

While in Presentation Mode, common chart slicers are readily available to help you navigate the data.

Date Slicer

For date charts, common date ranges are available at the top of the presentation. They will constrain the dates in the visualization.