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Pictograph and Word Cloud Infographics<\/h2>\n
The offline briefing viewer now support two new infographic options: pictograph and word cloud. Pictographs are good for making data more tangible by using symbols to represent a value or specific amount. Word clouds reveal patterns in your text, enabling readers to quickly identify key topics or sentiments. You can think of them as the text equivalent of a map overview, offering a zoomed-out view of your narrative. Try out these new infographics and make your briefings even more dynamic and informative.<\/p>\n
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Stacked Charts and Area Charts<\/h2>\n
Charts are excellent for presentation-style storytelling because they transform complex data into clear, visual insights that are easy for audiences to understand and remember. The briefings viewer now supports\u00a0stacked bar charts. You can use a stacked bar chart when you need to compare total values across categories while also showing the internal makeup of the categories. They are ideal for visualizing things like demographics, survey results, and budgets. In the chart block,\u00a0we have also added area charts, which are useful for highlighting change over time while adding depth and emphasis to your data.<\/p>\n
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Custom Slide Backgrounds<\/h2>\n
Now you can further customize the look and feel of your slides with three background options: solid color, gradient, and image. Solid color is the default slide background. You can select a swatch from any of the theme colors or choose a custom color.\u00a0The gradient background is based on the theme colors, and you can rotate the direction of the gradient. \u00a0For even more customization, you can use the image option for the background. When adding a background image, we recommend using a simple 16:9 image that keeps the text legible. And in the offline briefing viewer, you have the option to hide the background image and just display the default solid color background instead. Each of these slide background options can be applied at the theme level or for individual slides.<\/p>\n
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Rich text styling for section and slide titles<\/h2>\n
There are times when the text in your section and slide titles may need some emphasis. The new rich text options in briefing section and slide titles enable you to add things like color, italics, and underlines. You can also set the text justification to left, center, or right.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
Let us know what you think!<\/h2>\n
We encourage you to try the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings app now available for\u00a0Android<\/a>,\u00a0iOS\u00a0<\/a>and, Windows<\/a> computers, tablets and phones. You can also visit the ArcGIS StoryMaps Briefings App Downloads Page<\/a>. 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