1 00:00:00,390 --> 00:00:03,582 If you have a particular design that you like working with and 2 00:00:03,582 --> 00:00:07,960 are consistently having to change the colors or the layouts of your art 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,750 to something that you regularly use, it's probably a good time to create a template. 4 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:18,500 Let's tweak our gym network line chart a bit to something I like. 5 00:00:18,500 --> 00:00:24,590 So first of all, I am gonna change the title here to Gym Network. 6 00:00:24,590 --> 00:00:29,370 And I want it to be bold and I want it to be a little bit bigger. 7 00:00:29,370 --> 00:00:31,995 So lets do 20. 8 00:00:31,995 --> 00:00:36,854 And how about we make it, Black text. 9 00:00:40,494 --> 00:00:45,900 Okay, next lets make the y-axis numbers larger. 10 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:47,910 And let's also make those black. 11 00:00:47,910 --> 00:00:52,040 And let's make the x axis numbers larger too. 12 00:00:55,965 --> 00:00:57,330 Let's just do the data series here. 13 00:01:00,109 --> 00:01:01,510 Let's make them bold. 14 00:01:01,510 --> 00:01:05,610 Okay, I also want to change this line color. 15 00:01:05,610 --> 00:01:13,970 I'll make it black and I'll make this one, A different color. 16 00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:17,370 How about one of these dark grays. 17 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,710 I'll leave that one gray. 18 00:01:19,710 --> 00:01:25,700 I'll make this one, But I'm gonna make it a dotted line. 19 00:01:30,816 --> 00:01:37,550 And this orange one I will also make black but with a compound style. 20 00:01:39,838 --> 00:01:41,670 And I'll leave that blue one there. 21 00:01:45,994 --> 00:01:47,100 And I'll just make this thick. 22 00:01:48,740 --> 00:01:50,310 So I've changed the styling quite a bit. 23 00:01:51,370 --> 00:01:54,090 And I know that I'm gonna use this style repeatedly, so 24 00:01:54,090 --> 00:01:55,490 I'm gonna make a template out of it. 25 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:56,640 So how do we do that? 26 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,440 Well, we right click the chart area, and select, Save As Template. 27 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:08,430 And I will call this DataVis, save. 28 00:02:08,430 --> 00:02:10,680 So now we have a template saved. 29 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:15,710 And if I go here to design and change this back to what it was before, 30 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:25,790 I can then I can then select, Templates. 31 00:02:27,538 --> 00:02:28,600 And there it is. 32 00:02:29,690 --> 00:02:31,510 And look, it automatically updates the styling. 33 00:02:32,830 --> 00:02:35,150 Templates can save you a lot of time. 34 00:02:35,150 --> 00:02:37,720 They can also be used to provide a consistent look and 35 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,610 feel that matches your company branding. 36 00:02:40,610 --> 00:02:42,550 So how do you share a template? 37 00:02:42,550 --> 00:02:47,560 Well, when you created the template, it stored a local file on your machine. 38 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:50,840 So all you need to do is find that file in your machine. 39 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:55,300 Mine happens to be right here. 40 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:57,130 Remember, we saved the DataVis template. 41 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,030 So you could attach this file as part of your email. 42 00:03:02,030 --> 00:03:03,950 You can put it on a disk and give it to a friend, but 43 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:06,320 then they can add it to their templates folder. 44 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:07,500 And there you go. 45 00:03:07,500 --> 00:03:08,520 That's how you share a template.