Presenting, printing, and exporting
Tableau is primarily designed to build richly interactive visualizations and dashboards for consumption on a screen. This has been our default approach throughout the book as most often, you will expect users to interact with your dashboards and visualizations. However, there are times when you might leverage options for presenting, printing, or exporting as a means of communicating data to your audience.
Presenting
Tableau gives you multiple options for personally presenting your data story. You might walk your audience through a presentation of a single dashboard or view, or you might create an entire presentation. While there are multiple ways you might structure a presentation, consider the following options:
- Exporting to PowerPoint
- Presentation mode
Tableau Desktop and Server allow you to export directly to PowerPoint. In Tableau Desktop, select File | Export as PowerPoint.... After selecting a location and...