A gallery of Beautiful Charts for Excel part 3

Posted by on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

The New York Times has the best illustrated charts I have ever seen. They are visually clear, easy to understand with good copy writing to explain the message behind a story. Note the use of blues and orange shades to give visual contrasts.



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