Timeline, Shared baseline, 1765
Sunday night: set Timeline on the left at the desk, and write 1765 and 1765 on the grid. “Shared baseline” is the one line for Timeline. At one chart, keep 1765 smaller than the title. Match Shared baseline with 1765 at the desk.
Timeline is “Shared baseline” in 1765, and the figure kept beside it is 1765. This week, draw one kind of chart only, and do not put decoration first. Do not read an order of comparison as a moral score. Keep only the figure on the axis. Skip it in cases like: you need quantities changing, not just dates. At the desk, open Timeline so the grid shows 1765 first, 1765 next, and “Shared baseline” beside them.
This week, write the chart’s name, the year, and the figure in the first cell of the grid, and put the axis name under them. Look once whether color hides the meaning, and put the legend beside the figure. The order is Timeline, 1765, 1765, then “Shared baseline”. When one chart is done, look again only at 1765 for Timeline and leave 1765 on the grid.
Do not paste the raw string onto the screen. Keep only the safe display. Check that the axis name on the grid and the figure you entered today belong to the same chart, and erase the decoration if they do not. Do not read an order of comparison as a moral score. Keep only the figure on the axis. Match Shared baseline with 1765 at the desk before you close 1765 for Timeline. Timeline is “Shared baseline” in 1765, and the figure kept beside it is 1765.
This week, write the chart’s name, the year, and the figure in the first cell of the grid, and put the axis name under them. Timeline is “Shared baseline” in 1765, and the figure kept beside it is 1765.1765
Figures to keep
- Year
- 1765
- Number
- 1765
- Name
- Timeline
- Item
- Shared baseline