Present Ribbons

Presentation

Function

Description

New

Add a new slide to the presentation.

Smart Reporting

Open the Smart Reporting tool to create a new data discovery on the fly.

Clipboard

Access copy, paste, cut, and delete functions.

Show Panels

Show the panels and borders of the visualizations.

Slide Canvas

Click the drop down to change the color of the slide.

Add Interactions

Enable interactions to draw interactions between slicers and visuals, by right clicking and dragging from the slicer to the visual.

Auto Interact

Click to automatically add interactions to visuals on the current slide when you select Add Interactions.

Interaction Manager

Open the Interaction Manager dialog to define interactions by selecting or deselecting the checkboxes.

Show Interactions

Click Show Interactions to view and edit the interactions on the current slide.

Add New Slicer

Open the New Slicer wizard to configure and add a slicer.

Add Text Field

Allows you to add dynamic text presets with slide numbers, slide names, dates, and more. Click the drop down and select a text field.

Model Mapping

Configure cross model mapping in order to create interactions between visual elements from different data models.

From Beginning

Preview your presentation from the beginning. To preview the current slide, click the Pyramid icon in the top left corner.

Runtime Settings

Open the Runtime Settings dialog to choose which functions should be available at runtime.

Runtime Timer

Set a presentation timer.

Reset Workspace

If you've moved any of the workspace panels around, or minimized them, you can reset them.

Design

Function

Description

Display

Change the display size.

Guides

Add guidelines to help organize the layout of your presentation.

Show Ruler

Click to enable or disable the ruler along the top and left side of the canvas.

Grid

When using a fixed layout, toggle the grid button to turn the grid on or off.

Snap to Grid

Enable Snap to Grid to easily place visuals along the grid lines.

Set Aspect

Change the aspect ratio to suit your device.

Import Images

Import an image from its folder location.

Presentation Background

Change the color of the background behind the canvas.

Design

Select a design theme.

Reset Formatting

Undo any formatting changes.

Refresh Snapshots

 

Slide

Function

Description

New

Add a new slide.

Smart Reporting

 

Slide Canvas

Change the color of the slide canvas.

Show Panels

Show or hide the visualization panels and borders for all visuals on the current slide. Click the drop down to change the panel settings.

Title

Toggle the visualization title on or off for all visuals on the current slide.

Breadcrumbs

Toggle the visualization breadcrumbs on or off for all visuals on the current slide.

Add Interactions

Enable interactions to draw interactions between slicers and visuals, by right clicking and dragging from the slicer to the visual.

Auto Interact

Click to automatically add interactions to visuals on the current slide when you select Add Interactions.

Remove All

Remove all interactions from the current slide.

Show Interactions

Click Show Interactions to view and edit the interactions on the current slide.

Interaction Manager

Open the Interaction Manager dialog to define interactions by selecting or deselecting the checkboxes.

Arrange

Use these functions when using layers, to send items forward or backward.

Component

Note: to access these functions, left click select the relevant component on your slide.

Function

Relevant Function

Description

Unlink

Visualization

Left click select a visual and click Unlink to unlink the visual from the original in Discover. You can then make edits to the original, without affecting the copy in Present, and vice versa.

Show Panel

Visualization

Show or hide the visualization panels and borders for the selected visual. Click the drop down to change the panel settings.

Title

Visualization

Toggle the visualization title on or off for the selected visual.

Breadcrumbs

Visualization

Toggle breadcrumbs on or off for the selected visual.

Scale Mode

Visualization

Change the scale of the selected visual.

Background

Visualization; Slicer

Change the background color of the selected visual or slicer.

Grid Alignment

Grid Visualization

Change the alignment of the grid within the visual tile.

Legend

Visualization

Toggle to enable or disable the legend of the given visual.

Actions

Visualization

Configure presentation actions.

Dynamic Text

Dynamic Text

Click to open the Dynamic Text wizard to configure dynamic text from within your presentation.

Dynamic Place Holder

Dynamic Text

Allows you to build slicer-driven dynamic text.

Text Fields

Dynamic Text

Allows you to add dynamic text with slide numbers, slide names, dates, and more. Click the drop down and select a text field.

Show Highlights

Dynamic Text

Toggle to enable or disable highlighting of dynamic text.

Graphic Text

Dynamic Text

Click the drop down to change the size of text.

Font

Dynamic Text

Change font type, size, color, emphasis, shadow, strike through, spacing, letter case, background color, text box border color, textbox border width, and text background color.

Clipboard

Dynamic Text

Copy, paste, and cut dynamic text.

Paragraph

Dynamic Text

Change paragraph formatting.

Styles

Dynamic Text

Select from different heading styles.

Search and Replace

Dynamic Text

Replace text: write the text to be replaced or modified in the search box, and the text that should replace it in the replace box, and then click Replace.

Foreground

Slicer

Change the color of the slider's title.