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With technology only a mouse click away, it is important to know when to add visuals, graphics, photos, etc. to existing typed documents. This learning packet discusses situations where it may be best to add visuals in order to more clearly communicate the intended idea(s). Also discussed are some of the better-known software options, which by today's standards are quite user-friendly.
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The example above shows how a bar chart is a perfect visual for mapping the number of wallets sold each month, while the text to the right of the chart shows the same information, yet is more difficult to process. Our brain needs visuals in many cases. This is one case. The column chart above was easily created in Excel, using already-typed-in information, shown below.
Visuals, then, help to more easily explain complicated written material. This is probably the most important reason to use them.
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In 19 seconds, this video gives a simple list of seven key types of visuals
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Briefly, nine different visuals (created by simple technology) are highlighted, as well as their purposes within a piece of writing
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1. Is adding visuals to my written work or presentation acceptable (to the teacher, to the audience)?
2. What will be gained by adding a visual? What will be lost?
3. What is the best visual to add? Why?
4. How am I going to go about creating or obtaining the graphic?
5. Does it work, now that I've added it (question to ask post-creation of it, obviously)?
Source: Nancy Heilman
