Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Data order in tables
  3. Hierarchy and grouping
  4. Column spacing
  5. Fonts
  6. Bold text in tables
  7. Number alignment
  8. Number rounding
  9. Effective rounding
  10. Totals
  11. Measures
  12. Shading, gridlines and other lines
  13. Units
  14. Titles and subtitles
  15. Annotations
  16. Source

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Annotations

Use letters to annotate numbers and numbers to annotate words or letters.

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Position the explanation of the annotations underneath the table.

Annotations should be slightly smaller than the table font.

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