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Choosing Visual Aids for Written Documents

Types of Visuals

 

There are two categories of visuals: tables and figures. Tables contain numbers in rows and columns while the Figures category is a little bit more complicated because it is broken down into three main groups: graphs, charts and illustrations/photos. Here’s an outline of the various types of visuals:

 

I. Tables


II. Figures

A. Graphs
1. Line graphs
2. Bar graphs
3. Pie graphs
4. Pictographs


B. Charts
1. Flowcharts
2. Organizational charts
3. Gantt Charts


C. Illustrations/Photos
1. Drawings and diagrams
2. Maps
3. Clip art
4. Photographs

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Created 2003 by Candice Chovanec Melzow.