# How to use the Export Button to PDF, PowerPoint, or images in Tableau 2020.1

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2020-02-25
- **Format:** Video · 6 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data visualisation
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, dashboards, server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/how-to-use-the-export-button-to-pdf-powerpoint-or-images-in-tableau-2020-1
- **Watch:** https://www.youtu.be/PqRH9jJnMBI

I walk through the new Export button added to dashboards in Tableau 2020.1, which lets users export to PDF, PowerPoint or images with a single click. I show how to add and customise the button, then demonstrate how it behaves once published to Tableau Online.

## Key takeaways

- The Export object can be dragged onto a dashboard from the objects pane and configured to output a PDF, PowerPoint or image
- You can style the button as text or an icon, with custom borders, backgrounds and font formatting to match branding
- On a published Tableau Server or Online dashboard, the export option offers more granular control, letting users pick specific sheets from the dashboard or workbook to download
- The button is best suited to static snapshot scenarios like meetings or PowerPoint decks, while interactive viewing on Server remains preferable where possible

## Chapters

- 0:47 Adding and customising the Export button
- 2:43 Previewing the PowerPoint export
- 3:30 Publishing and exporting on Tableau Online

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/how-to-use-the-export-button-to-pdf-powerpoint-or-images-in-tableau-2020-1

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