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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">I encourage my students to use bar charts when the category names are too long to fit vertically.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif"">They are easier to read when horizontal.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au [mailto:yr11it-bounces@edulists.com.au]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Anthony Sullivan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 13 February 2013 6:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> yr11it@edulists.com.au<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Yr11 Information Technology] Column v Bar Charts</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Are there situations when it is more appropriate to use a column chart compared to a bar chart and vice versa?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I do realise one is vertical and the other is horizontal but is there a particular reason why you would choose one over the other?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Aren’t they really serving the same purpose?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anthony</span></p>
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