Table of contents

1. Keep it simple (KISS)
2. Charts, tables and colours
3. Line styles
4. Chart size
5. Diagrams
6. Introduction
7. Number of lines per chart
8. Introduction to colour
9. Choosing the correct chart
10. Axis labels and tick marks
11. Data order in tables
12. Identifying user needs
13. Legends or keys
14. Using colour in bar charts
15. Choice of data
16. Location of y-axis
17. Design principles for diagrams
18. Hierarchy and grouping
19. Comparing data sets – shared horizons
20. Long category names
21. Using colour in line charts
22. Gridlines and unit intervals
23. Gaps between bars
24. Column spacing
25. Process for publishing diagrams
26. Comparisons of magnitude (size)
27. Subcategories
28. Using colour in pie charts
29. Borders and backgrounds
30. Time series
31. Fonts
32. Chart titles
33. Using colour to connect information
34. Bold text in tables
35. Choosing the right colours
36. Chart labels
37. 3D and other chart effects
38. Bar charts for time series
39. Labelling values in a chart
40. Tools
41. Number alignment
42. Line charts for time series
43. Annotation and footnotes
44. Number rounding
45. Colour association
46. Dot plot with line for time series
47. Branding with colour
48. Multiple time series
49. Effective rounding
50. Accessibility and colours
51. Small changes over time, not starting the y-axis at zero
52. Totals
53. Ranking
54. Colour combinations
55. Measures
56. Shading, gridlines and other lines
57. Part-to-whole
58. Using red and green
59. Units
60. Deviation
61. Further information about colour theory
62. Distribution
63. Titles and subtitles
64. Annotations
65. Correlation
66. Source