Chapter 9: Selecting the Ideal Style, Output Format, and Graphical Options

9.1 Introduction to Styles, Output Format, and Graphical Options

Up through now, we have shown you how to create a variety of different graphs for the different data types. But these graphs are only as good as the aesthetic appearance of the output. Our goal when creating a graph is to effectively convey the correct message instead of hiding our results in a slew of data within a table or listing report or even within the graph itself. Part of making sure that our graph has the desired visual representation is making sure we are selecting the correct style, output format, and graphical options. If we do not select the optimal features, then we could “hide” a key point ...

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