Building Stories from a Template

When starting a new story, you can use a template that provides predefined layouts and placeholders for objects to help you build a story.

You can also apply a template to an existing story by selecting the Layouts button in the ribbon.

Once a template is applied, it is shown in the Manually Added section of the Layouts panel, with Additional Layouts available below.

There are prebuilt templates to choose from, or you can also create your own by saving a story as a template.

Saving the story as a template first removes all custom formatting and data, then converts charts, tables, maps, input controls, and value driver trees into empty placeholders.