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Historically, a figure in a paper is a static, in that it offers one unchanging view of the data offers wish to present. Often, though, adding the opporutnity to either manipulate a figure, or see it in context, lets a reader learn more. By using visualization software capable of outputing to formats that allow for interactivity, authors are not limited to a single view of a figure, and readers can explore beyond what an author-provided default view provides.  ## Interactive Figures 3D figures  3D PDF is a standard fully supported by Adobe within PDF itself. It allows for a selectable sequence of views of embedded 3D objects, in which each view can have a subset of objects visible from a given vantage point. As the tools for creating 3D PDFs were spun off from Adobe itself a few years ago, it had become somewhat cumbersome to generate such figures. A [tutorial](http://www.astrobetter.com/tutorial-for-embedding-3d-interactive-graphics-into-pdf/) now exists that allows a user to generate a PDF with a 3D figure using LaTeX tools.  use 3D PDF--**I can** include Nature figure screen shots, **Josh**, please include short discussion of your AstroBetter post on that, plotly, as demos--**Chris/Josh**--can you insert your favorite example, please? shots  ## Embedded video  Similarly , PDF fully supports video in papers. This can be included rather simply using LaTeX packages and requires no special technology.  ## Interactive charts: brushing, linking, staging  plotly, as demos--**Chris/Josh**--can you insert your favorite example, please?  ## Images in Context