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From: zu@ethz.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Presentation Graphics
Message-ID: <447@ethz.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 06:08:45 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 10 06:08:45 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Feb-87 02:06:54 EST
Reply-To: zu@ethz.UUCP (Urs Zurbuchen)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, CS Department, Switzerland
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[No food for line eaters]


     I'm looking for a book describing the principles of presentation graphics.
It should explain the following topics:

	- what methods exist for presenting numbers and relationships
	  between numbers?
	- how should I present life-cycles? (I hope you understand what I mean)
	- what presentation technics are best for a fast overview?
	- what should we use presentation graphics for. Are there some outputs,
	  which should be displayed in the conventional list format (besides
	  of exact numbers, of course). Are there even other methods?
	- what about colors?

Our task ist, to add graphics to a program which produces a lot of paper with
even more numbers. All the forms look alike but they all differ in some points.
The graphics give us a rough overview and should help to make decisions. But
it's not as sophisticated as a decision support system.


	Best thanks for any pointers,

		...urs


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