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Learning Tableau 2025 - Sixth Edition
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The goal of formatting is to increase the effective communication of the data. Always consider the audience, setting, mode, mood, and consistency as you work through the iterative process of formatting. Focus on formatting that adds value to your visualization and avoids unnecessary clutter.
We covered quite a few options for formatting—from fonts, colors, lines, and more at the workbook level to formatting individual sheets and fields. We discussed how to customize formatting for numbers, dates, and null values and how to use these techniques to bring value to your visualizations.
With an understanding of how formatting works in Tableau, you’ll be able to refine the visual elements that you created in discovery and analysis into highly effective visual communication of your data story.
In the next chapter, we’ll take a deep dive into putting everything together in dashboards.
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