Effective tables
A table works best when:
- numerical data is read downwards and not across, ie displayed in a column instead of a row
- numbers are displayed in their simplest format, eg £3.2 million as opposed to £3,200,000
- it has a title and is numbered, especially if more than one table is included in a document, eg Table 1 and Table 2
- it notes where the numerical information comes from, ie the source
- the columns are narrow (as long as all of the information fits), as wide columns make tables difficult to read
