Work reports in : History
Clip Work reports from a paper and keep the axis sentence, not the colour. Year , line “History,” figure 20. Colour alone does not carry size. Corporate reporting culture after DuPont charts and 20th-c. board packs
In reports, ads and assignments it fits recurring reviews, budget bridges, headcount, pipeline. Skip it when a one-off story that needs a custom visual, or an ad that must shout. This page gathers anatomy, fit, craft, failure modes and work / ads / school recipes for Work reports.
When the story is: recurring reviews, budget bridges, headcount, pipeline. Skip it in cases like: a one-off story that needs a custom visual, or an ad that must shout. a small set of honest encodings repeated every cycle Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure.
Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present. Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint; export SVG/PDF. Do not rely on hue alone. Label directly and check greyscale. Work reports: honour a small set of honest encodings repeated every cycle, and switch when a one-off story that needs a custom visual, or an ad that must shout.
Keep axis, unit, and year. If “History” is the axis, the figure is 20 and the year is .20
Figures to keep
- Year of the chart
- 20
- Axis figure
- 20
- Chart
- Work reports
- How to read it
- History