Tell stories to share your data insights with an audience.
Click Storytelling under the Narrate tab in the navigation bar to create or open a story.
Storytelling view
Taking snapshots
Right-click on a visualization in a sheet to take a snapshot. The snapshot is saved to your snapshot library, which you can access from the sheet view or the storytelling view. You have to be in view mode to take a snapshot.
Take snapshot dialog
For information on adding a snapshot to a slide, see Adding a snapshot to a slide.
Creating new stories
Click 
Stories and then click Create new story.
Create new story button
See:
Using storytelling tools
Click a tool in the storytelling toolbar to add snapshots and effects to the slides in your story.
| UI item | Description |
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Snapshot library with all your taken snapshots. |
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Text objects with different text styles. |
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Shapes library with a variety of shapes. |
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Effects library with a set of visual effects to apply to your snapshots. |
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Media objects with different types of media (such as images). |
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Sheet library with sheets in the app, which can be inserted as live data sheets in your story. |
| UI item | Description |
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Lock the snapshot. |
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Edit the snapshot. For more information, see Editing slides and Changing a snapshot's appearance. |
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Replace the snapshot. For more information, see Replacing a snapshot on a slide. |
Playing stories
Play story button
See: Presenting stories
Touch gestures in storytelling view
The table describes the touch gestures that are used for navigating in storytelling view.
| Touch gesture | Description |
|---|---|
| Tap | Highlight a data point in a snapshot by applying an effect. |
| Double-tap | Edit a text object or an image. |
| Long-touch and release | Open the shortcut menu. |
| Long-touch and drag |
Move a slide to a new location in the timeline. Move an item on a slide. |
| Swipe |
Scroll the list in the snapshot library. Go to the next or previous slide when playing a story. |