Mastering Tableau

From Tableau to PowerPoint

PowerPoint is ubiquitous. Some may argue that other presentation tools such as Prezi are superior, but for many organizations (probably the vast majority), PowerPoint remains the software of choice. As such, it's important to integrate Tableau and PowerPoint efficiently and effectively. The following exercises explore various techniques for doing so.

Exercise – create a template

For this first PowerPoint-centric exercise, a template that will be utilized in future exercises is created. It will include common PowerPoint elements such as a header and a footer. The size of the template will be 1200 x 900, which adheres to the 4:3 aspect ratio typically used for PowerPoint presentations. Of course, other sizes may be targeted, ...