Tufte for Dummies:

Envisioning Information
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Tufte for Dummies

Powerpoint limits you to flatland.

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Tufte for Dummies

Tuftes concepts enable you

to escape flatland.

Micro/Macro

Layering &
Separation

Color &
Information
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Small
Multiples

Narratives of
Space & Time
Tufte for Dummies

Add Micro Information to Enhance and

Detail Macro Image.

Micro:
Specific Names

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Macro :
Scale of Tragedy

Tufte for Dummies

Use Layering and Separation to Distinguish the

Pieces of Information and Their Relationships.
Distracting
Frame
Emphasis on
Person

Frame &
Person in
Background
Emphasis on
Movement

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Add Color to Increase Info Density

Misplaced
Emphasis
Emphasis on
Map

Lack of Color
in Map

Definitions
with Color

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Use of Color
not Relevant

 A picture is worth a thousand words

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Tufte for Dummies

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