GRAPHICS, CHARTS and GRAPHS

  • High quality graphics - graphs, illustrations, and photos - are the centerpiece of your poster.
  • Good graphs communicate relationships quickly.
  • child growth chart

  • Graphs should be simple and clean.
  • Write explanations directly on figures, instead of referencing from elsewhere.
  • Use simple 2-dimensional line graphs, bar charts, pie charts.

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  • Avoid 3-dimensional graphs unless you're displaying 3-dimensional data - many 3-D graphs are difficult to interpret.
  • Text on graphs must follow same guidelines as all other text so that it will be visible.
  • Use photos that help deliver your message.
  • Charts and graphs can be created in Excel and imported into PowerPoint.
  • Charts can graphs can also be created in Adobe Illustrator.