Getting Started with
Graphs and Tables
· Simplify the data.
· Show only the essential information needed to get the point across.
· Don’t put up an entire complicated chart or graph.
· Streamline the visual so it can be read quickly.
· Use only essential and functional linework in the graphic to orient the viewer.
· If you do have to show a complicated graph, provide a handout so the audience
can follow along.
Figs. 17 and 18 show the same data,
but Fig. 18 is better suited for slide presentation.
· Be consistent in style and terminology.
· Be consistent in label size, font, type
style, line width, colors, symbols, and
layout.