I agree with the points presented in this post: there are a lot of good rules for implementing visuals and typing into your report. There are 5 main points made for visuals in your report.
First, the post mentioned labeling, titling, and numbering every graphic. It might seem simple, but it was an important reminder that the simple techniques are what matters, and they make all the difference in the end.
Second, it mentioned placing graphics in the right spot. I agree that this is important because if the graphic is not in the right spot, the reader can easily get confused. I make this mistake in my reports sometimes; this post has helped me pay more attention to it in the future.
Third, it mentioned to introduce and explain each graph. This makes sense because the reader needs to understand what they are looking at before they look and try to analyze the graphics.
Fourth, the post emphasized to document your graphics to help the audience understand the importance and why it was placed where it was placed.
Fifth, it explained the importance of making your graphic stand out. There are many graphics being used throughout a report so it is important to make sure each are identified. You don’t want the audience to miss a graphic that might be really important for the purpose of your report.
Sixth, it touched on making it easy to find the graphics. I believe it is important to make your graphics all easy to find so your reader can understand your report better and have all the necessary information to know what is going on and find the main points the writer is trying to emphasize.
I also took a lot away from the 10 points on typing your reports. I didn’t know which fonts you used were that important in your writing. In the future I look forward to implementing these strategies with typing by using rules such as using different weights of fonts in the same family and making sure to avoid fonts such as comic sans and papyrus .
I agree with you that the placement and description of graphics is vital to create understanding with your reader. I also think that it is important to make visualizations stand out and easy to find. If a reader wants to do more research about a graphic or understand it better, they should be able to refer back to it at any point and have a proper citation of its origins. The font section also made me look at new ideas and perspectives. Specific fonts should be altered based on the content or genre of a writing piece. What do you feel is an appropriate font to use for a business writing piece? Thanks for sharing!
I think that your point about making sure that graphics stand out by making each one of them identifiable is very smart. I think the importance of making each one differentiable from the other makes sure the audience doesn’t see only a bunch of numbers, but they are also digesting the data. Making them stand out makes sure that they are differentiable.
I agree with you that the five points that your blog is listing, I think it is extremely important to have the right titles and labels for the graphics so the readers can understand the visuals. I also like to use similar color sets for my reports to maintain a theme and not being all over the places. I learned a lot of formatting graphics from your blog, thank you for sharing! My questions is how do you determine when is the best time to use the graphics, and what type of graphics would be the best under certain situation.