{"id":255276,"date":"2016-07-13T22:08:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T05:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-project&#038;p=255276"},"modified":"2019-08-23T01:18:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T08:18:46","slug":"infonice","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/infonice\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\">Infographic visualizations are getting increasingly popular, and have been widely adopted in the real world. As research reveals, they can improve the\u00a0effectiveness of visualizations by making data quickly understood and easily remembered.\u00a0However, current data visualization systems lack supports for generating infographics. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\">Infographic Designer (a.k.a. InfoNice), released as a Power BI custom visual, enables easy creation of infographic visualizations for business users.\u00a0It provides an easy-to-use UI for users\u00a0to customize chart marks with\u00a0rich visual elements,\u00a0including icons, images, and texts.\u00a0With Infographic Designer,\u00a0users can\u00a0turn a standard column chart or bar chart into\u00a0a more compelling and\u00a0customized\u00a0infographic\u00a0presentation of\u00a0data,\u00a0which\u00a0makes\u00a0their dashboards and reports much more beautiful, readable, and friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/powerbi.microsoft.com\/en-us\/blog\/quickly-create-infographics-with-the-infographic-designer-custom-visual-for-power-bi\/\">Power BI blog on Infographic Designer<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\">Please let us know your\u00a0feedback. Send us email: <a href=\"mailto:infonice@microsoft.com\">infonice@microsoft.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-258108 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-1.png\" alt=\"InfoNice-Vis-1\" width=\"465\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-1.png 465w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-1-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-258105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-2.png\" alt=\"InfoNice-Vis-2\" width=\"420\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-2.png 420w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-2-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Vis-2-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\">See more in the <em>Gallery<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\"><strong>Download Infographic Designer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\">Go to <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/visuals.powerbi.com\">Power BI Custom Visuals Gallery<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, select Infographic Designer from the visuals list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\"><strong>Get Started with Infographic Designer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Quick-Start.pdf\">Quick Start<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/InfoNice-Walk-Through.pdf\">Walk Through<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #3b3838;font-family: Segoe UI\"><strong>Acknowledgement<\/strong> Thanks\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:surisiruitan@hotmail.com\">Sirui Tan<\/a>, our designer intern, for working on\u00a0the icon library, and contributing to the graphical design\u00a0as well\u00a0as\u00a0user experience design of Infographic Designer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Infographic visualizations are getting increasingly popular, and have been widely adopted in the real world. 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