A good graph will make its story quickly and clearly and how you annotate it will be a major part of telling that story. Clutter confuses and makes it difficult to see the wood from the trees, whereas simplicity enables clear and direct attention.
Bruce Gabrielle, author of Speaking PowerPoint: The New Language of Business and the soon-to-be-published Storytelling with Graphs, shows us exactly what the 10 rules for good text annotations are with a well illustrated step-by-step makeover that perfectly illustrates his logic.
Check out his very convincing graph makeover here: 10 Rules for Graph Annotations
Rosie Hoyland
Commissioning Editor at Presentation Guru
Rosie was the Commissioning Editor at Presentation Guru. She is a writer and content creator and has worked for many years as a print and digital designer.
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