ClarityChapter S3: Clarity

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List and define the five principles of the clarity goal.

Apply the spreadsheet design goal of clarity.

Objectives

Simple

Clear

Verifiable

Accurate

Efficient

What are the Five Spreadsheet Design Goals?

Unity

Delineation

Order

Emphasis

Balance

What is Clarity?

What is Unity?

How Does Freeze Panes Support Unity?

Print Titles

Which Print Options Support Unity?

Orientation

Page Breaks

What is Delineation?

borders

colorsfonts

What is Order?

How Does Sorting Support Order?

What is Emphasis?

Expanded row height

colors

fonts

How Does Conditional Formatting Support Emphasis?Before Data Entry After Data Entry

How Do You Implement Conditional Formatting?

What is Balance?

Apply the principle of clarity to the GPA spreadsheet we setup in the previous class period.

Steps: Consider placement, formatting and print settings to support:

1. Unity2. Delineation3. Order4. Emphasis5. Balance

GPA Exercise continued

Which Excel features would you use to support Unity?

Where would you apply those features?

Step 1: Unity

Which Excel features would you use to support Deliniation?

Where would you apply those features?

Step 2: Deliniation

Which Excel features would you use to support Order?

Where would you apply those features?

Step 3: Order

Which Excel features would you use to support Emphasis?

Where would you apply those features?

Step 4: Emphasis

Which Excel print settings would you use to support Balance?

Step 5: Balance