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Incorporating graphics

Incorporating graphics

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Incorporating graphics

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- You've probably heard the saying, sometimes credited to Confucius, that a picture is worth a thousand words. Whether that is true partially depends on what is being depicted. Generally, visual aids supplement the writing, they don't replace the words. But graphics can certainly play a key role in a business report by helping clarify or emphasize the point you are trying to make. Even though a visual should not be used just to provide a physical break in the report, breaking up text-heavy copy is certainly a fringe benefit of including graphics. If I gave you a choice of two reports to read and one contained visuals and one didn't, I'm almost positive that both you and I would select the one with pictures. If you've ever read paragraph after paragraph of statistics, you may have been confused or overwhelmed. But if all those numbers are put in a table, they are easier to comprehend or if someone's giving you statistics to emphasize how sales have trended in the past five years, you…

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