Left-hand Panel
The left-hand panel contains three areas
Add Slide Button
The Add Slide button allows you to add a new slide to your pack
Selecting Add Slide will open the slide selection window
You can add the following slide types:
When you add a new Slide, the data shown will have no filters, paging or colors applied
Note: You can copy a filter from one Slide to another, or duplicate an existing Slide
Slide Navigation Panel
The slide navigation panel allows you to see the various slides in your pack, with the currently selected slide being displayed on the canvas and highlighted on the panel
There are a number of functions that can be accessed from the slides on the panel by right-clicking on the slide
Duplicate Slide
As this name suggests, this action duplicates the selected slide including all applied filter, paging and color settings
Export Slide
This option replicates the export button located on the Pack Menu and the Export Canvas Content button
Selecting this menu option provides the ability to export to:
- PPTX
- CSV
- TSV
Delete Slide
This option deletes the selected slide from the pack. If the pack is not closed after deleting a slide, this action may be reversed using Pack Undo
Filtering
Filters are applied on an individual visualization basis allowing you to tailor your pack to provide the required detail
Using the copy filter function, you can quickly copy the applied filter settings from one slide to another
For more detail on Filters see Filters
Note It is not possible to copy or paste filters to or from a Multi Slide
Paging
Like Filters, Paging is also applied on an individual slide basis allowing you to tailor your pack to provide the required detail
Using the copy Paging function, you can quickly copy the applied Paging settings from one slide to another
For more detail on Paging see 9.6 Paging
Slide Title
When adding a slide to a pack:
- The slide will be created on the panel as Untitled Slide
- With the slide name edit window open to allow the name to be entered
Entering a slide title and pressing Enter
will add the title to the slide
Slide Subtitle
In addition to the Slide Title it possible to add a second line of text in a smaller font below as a slide subtitle
Note: Slide subtitles are not available to add to multi slide pages however each individual zone has a title which can be amended
Change Slide Order
You can also change the order of the slides you have created by using the slide control (six dots) in the top left corner of each slide
Left mouse click and hold on to the six dots in the top left corner of the Slide and drag and drop the slide to its new position
Slide Numbering
Slide cards display the slide number to help the preparation of packs
If the slide order is changed the slide number will update automatically
panel collapse and expand
The chevron icon at the bottom of the left and right-hand panels allows you to collapse
and expand the panel as required
Copy Slide
In addition to Duplicating Slide it is also possible to copy slides to the clipboard by
- Select the slide to be copied
- Right click to open the menu
- Select
Copy
It is also possible to use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + C
(CMC C
on Mac) to copy selected slides to clipboard
Paste Slide
Slides that have been copied to the clipboard may be pasted anywhere within the current pack or into another pack by:
- Selecting a slide within the required pack
- Right-clicking to open the menu
- Selecting
Paste
- Copied slides will be pasted into pack after the selected slide
It is also possible to use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + V
(CMC V
on Mac) to paste copied slides from the clipboard
Select Multiple slides
When copying, Moving, Deleting, Duplicating or Exporting slides it is possible to select multiple slides to action
To select multiple slides hold CTRL
(CMD
on Mac) and select the required multiple slides
Consecutive slides can be selected by selecting the first slide and then holding Shift
and selecting the last slide.
Select All Slides
To select all slides within the pack:
- Select any slide
- Right click on any slide to open the menu
Select all