Column titles

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Rows or columns?

go in columns Big options (1, 2, or 3) usually go in columns Ranking different values usually is … better vertically, it is easier to compare a column of numbers than have your eyes move across a row of … columns. Personally, I do what looks best, without applying any specific rules. If one dimension has … Rows or columns? …

Text columns in PowerPoint

ago, and invented the text column. If you right click a text box in PowerPoint and select format … Text columns in PowerPoint … columns and the white space in between them to get the desired effect. As an example, below are the opening paragraphs of Alice in Wonderland. … text, you see that one of the options you can choose is columns (Mac). Play around with the number of …

Years in columns, which way?

Years in columns, which way? … looking at time series data It makes tables match line or column graphs that are in the presentation …

Combining stacked and clustered columns

column, you zero out the values of the first one. Sounds a bit complicated, but the visual example below … In PowerPoint, there is no standard option to create a combined stacked and clustered column chart … Combining stacked and clustered columns … the format data series menu) to create the white breaks in between the columns Adjust the data … . Here is a work around, taking the stacked column chart as the basis. Set the gap width to zero (in … points manually. The first stacked column goes in regularly. The second stacked column (that should have …

Smart row / column insertion

workflow (even) faster. Now, when you insert rows and or columns, it copies its design and structure … background colors. 1) Our starting point 2) Open the grid editor 3) Add a row and a column 4) The result Image via WikiPedia … Smart row / column insertion …

The lone column

my time at McKinsey, I have seen many examples of "lone columns", column charts with just one number … in them, or tables full of tiny column charts with hardly any variations among them. These charts … The lone column …

Bar versus column charts

Bar versus column charts … mimics that of a line chart, you don’t need much space for the column labels (usually years, or … bottom list, and you can make more space for labels that usually describe things In this case: bars are better than columns. Photo by Sophie on Unsplash … months) Columns for breakdowns. More horizontal space for complicated labels, and a stacked column is a … — Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) November 6, 2019 My guideline: Columns to show trends over time. The shape …

The lone column

A column chart with just one lone column is not a column chart. Column chart need to compare things, show a trend over time. … The lone column …

Redundant table column headings

I try to get rid of them, most of the time it is obvious that a column contains a company name, a … Redundant table column headings …

Column chart with totals

to placing text labels manually, and especially useful when the data in the column charts is changing frequently. … Column chart with totals … Here is a little trick to create automatic totals on top of column charts. This is an alternative …

Bar versus column chart

labels, which have a 1-to-1 relationship to the columns Image source … Bar versus column chart …

Clear legends to save the audience time

Clear legends in column charts.png … big text to the right of a column chart (the last year is usually the most relevant for the audience … clutter. Click the image to see the column chart in the template store, subscribers can download it …

Wide screen <> wide columns

Wide screen <> wide columns … , switch to a multi-column grid, or simple leave space unused left and right of your text (something that many web pages do), see the examples below. … newspapers use columns to limit the number of words on one line. Think about this when designing slides …

Combining column and line charts

Combining column and line charts … chart only works when a column has a reasonable size though. I am not aware of any presentation software … Below is an interesting chart from McKinsey. It combines a column chart with a line chart. The …

Domino visualisation in a column chart

Domino visualisation in a column chart … This visualisation is brilliant. I have never thought about using columns in a column chart as …

P&L as a column chart

P&L as a column chart … When you want to show a P&L with very few lines, consider using a column chart instead of the more … column chart works well, it shows a number of trends in 1 slide: sales growth, profit growth, and how …

Columns versus rows and other table design issues

Columns versus rows and other table design issues … lots of rows then lots of columns. Long labels go in rows Year on year trend: years go in columns … rows and columns so that check marks / similar table content is grouped together Group together … table on a slide. Next to swapping rows and columns consider: Shortening column labels Re-sorting … When making a table, what to put in columns, what to put in rows? There is no absolute rule here … multiple rows, or multiple columns if their content is the same as the neighbour Cut text as much as you …

Data chart labels: inside or outside?

labels), and it is easer to put a background image as most labels (in tall columns) have enough … this enables you to make the column graph taller as a whole (no need to budget extra space for the … , the label is put on top, if possible with a font color that matches the column The advantage is that … : When the column is tall enough, the label is put inside with a contrasting white font color If not …

Tutorial (3/3)

slide. The implication of this is that you need to add/remove bars and columns to a data chart by … a minimum of 3 columns, vertical waterfall charts have a minimum of 3 rows (start, one delta, end … waterfall chart is set by the number of columns the chart box covers Horizontal waterfall charts have … Adding columns and bars to data charts Data charts are linked to the slide grid to make it easy for … by the number of rows the chart box covers The number of columns in a column chart, stack chart, or …