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Changing a snapshot’s appearance

One way to make insights stand out and help you getting your message through in a clear way is the possibility to hide, or show, certain parts of a snapshot.

Changing snapshot properties

The following list summarizes the editable properties.

  • Titles (main title, subtitle and footnote)
  • Labels (data point labels, leaf labels)
  • Legend
  • X-axis with title and labels
  • Y-axis with title and labels
  • Responsive behavior
Information noteDepending on which type of visualization the snapshot shows and what parts that were visible when the snapshot was taken, the parts possible to hide or show will differ. For example, if a pie chart did not show the legend at the time a snapshot was taken, the Show legend setting will not be available.

Do the following:

  1. In storytelling view,click the snapshot you want to edit.
  2. Click [.

    The snapshot is unlocked and editing is now enabled.

  3. Click @.

    A dialog where you can change the snapshot's appearance is opened.

  4. For Show titles, Show labels and Show legend, click either On or Off to show or hide them.

    The snapshot changes appearance accordingly.

  5. For Show x-axis and Show y-axis, select one of the options Labels and title, Labels only, Title only or None from the drop-down list.

    The snapshot changes appearance accordingly.

  6. Click Done.

The snapshot’s appearance has changed.

A snapshot dialog with only the x-axis and the data labels visible.

Changing the aspect ratio when resizing a snapshot

When you resize a snapshot you can choose to unlock the aspect ratio to enable free resize. Then the resize causes the visualization to use progressive disclosure.

Information noteProgressive disclosure. When you increase the size of a visualization, its information is disclosed progressively. If you reduce the size, the visualization's information is reduced, which allows you to focus on the essential information and avoid cluttering the visualization with too much information in too little space.

 

Do the following:

  1. In storytelling view,click the snapshot you want to resize.
  2. Click [ to unlock the aspect ratio for free resize.

    \ is displayed.

  3. Use the handles on the edges to resize the visualization.

    The resize causes the visualization to use progressive disclosure.

  4. Click \ to lock the aspect ratio.

    [ is displayed and if f you resize the visualization, the whole image is resized without progressive disclosure.

You now have changed the aspect ratio in a snapshot and resized the visualization.

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